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Re: Should we have MAXSYMLINKS?
- To: eastep@loc1.tandem.com (Tom Eastep)
- Subject: Re: Should we have MAXSYMLINKS?
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 07:01:31 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com (GNU C Library)
> > > is. If you are concerned about number of nested symlinks (traversed
> > > without eating new components of name) - it's 5.
> >
>
> It must be at least 8 (_POSIX_SYMLINK_MAX) for POSIX compatibility.
> Values >= 20 are typical of other implementations.
>
Which POSIX standatd is _POSIX_SYMLINK_MAX in? Ulrich, do we support
it?
Thanks.
H.J.