Re: [dev] coreutils / moreutils - DC a directory counter

From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz_AT_port70.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:51:09 +0200

* Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> [2013-07-18 18:37:57 +0200]:
>
> isn't PATH_MAX a GNU extension?
>

no, actually gnu hurd was a proponent of unlimited paths
(so any file operation has unbounded latency on hurd only limited by
the address space)

PATH_MAX is posix and should be defined in limits.h
FILENAME_MAX is iso c and is defined in stdio.h (usually PATH_MAX-1)
Received on Thu Jul 18 2013 - 18:51:09 CEST