Problem:
The actual names of most of COPY library-names (file-names) are lower-case. The files reside on AIX (IBM Unix) which is a case-sensitive OS. The programs are compiled via AcuBench and a compiler on a Windows PC. The COPYPATH includes a reference to the production COPY directory on AIX via a mapped drive using Samba.
According to all of the documentation found for Versions 7.0 and above (User Guide 2.5/2,6 and Reference Manual 2.4.1), lower-case library names need to be placed in quotes:
Note: User-defined words are always treated as uppercase on machines where file names are case-sensitive [UG 2.5].
However in Version 7.0.1, it appears making the library-names uppercase in the Cobol source code is acceptable. No compile errors are generated using upper-case or lower-case names with or without quotes. However, uppercase in the "OF" clause does NOT work whether or not it's in quotes.
Is upper-case officially allowed for these file names in Version 7.0 and above?
Resolution:
The expectation when compiling on Windows, with the copybooks residing on another Windows machine would be that case would not be important. When using Samba to connect to a UNIX/Linux machine, depending on how Samba is configured, the case sensativity may be an issue or not.
Either way the path/library annotated after the OF needs to be bounded by quotation marks. If they are not undefined behavior could result.
