of course!
Mark H. Colburn
mark at jhereg.Minnetech.MN.ORG
Sat Nov 25 17:29:58 AEST 1989
In article <1989Nov22.224209.28911 at athena.mit.edu> jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>In article <1051 at root44.co.uk> gwc at root.co.uk (Geoff Clare) writes:
>= Another is that PATH_MAX might not be defined (it should
>=always be obtained via pathconf() in portable applications).
_POSIX_PATH_MAX will always be defined in limits.h and will always have a
value of 255. (ss2.9.2) However, some systems have virtually unlimited
pathname limits. In these cases PATH_MAX will not be defined and the
application should be smart enough to do the right thing. (ss2.9.4)
Checking pathconf for the PATH_MAX value may also yield an undefined
result. In this case, the application should assume that pathname lengths
are unlimited, and again, do the right thing. (ss5.7.1.3)
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Mark H. Colburn mark at Minnetech.MN.ORG
Open Systems Architects, Inc.
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