[patch] manual/conf.texi, sync _POSIX_PATH_MAX with header value

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Tue Jan 9 17:38:00 GMT 2001


Mark Brown <broonie@sirena.org.uk> writes:

> Could you expand on why 256 is right, please?  I'm trying to fix a
> program (TenDRA) that depends on the value of _POSIX_PATH_MAX and would
> appreciate some guidance on what to do.

Austin group draft 5, page 267:

9210   {_POSIX_PATH_MAX}
9211        Maximum number of bytes in a path name.
9212        Value: 256

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