* include/limits.h (NAME_MAX): New define.

	(PATH_MAX): POSIX allows PATH_MAX to include trailing NUL.

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 22814279b0604212997a26411793084bb4d15a5f..aa28ca4dc875a59db46403b6b40a533254773d39 100644 (file)
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-29  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+       * include/limits.h (NAME_MAX): New define.
+       (PATH_MAX): POSIX allows PATH_MAX to include trailing NUL.
+
 2005-03-29  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
        * path.cc (is_floppy): Make externally available.

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h
index 5ef3513cee2ca4bc80644056759a4f475a8437e3..d6237f6539f8bdfb97aee132e45e3e21e2f3ed02 100644 (file)
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ details. */
 #define SSIZE_MAX (__LONG_MAX__)
 
 /* Maximum length of a path */
-#define PATH_MAX (260 - 1 /*NUL*/)
+#define PATH_MAX 260
+
+/* Maximum length of a path component. */
+#define NAME_MAX 255
 
 /* Max num groups for a user, value taken from NT documentation */
 /* Must match <sys/param.h> NGROUPS */