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20 * POSIX Standard: 2.9.2 Minimum Values Added to <limits.h>
23 #ifndef _POSIX1_LIMITS_H
25 #define _POSIX1_LIMITS_H 1
28 /* These are the standard-mandated minimum values. */
30 /* Maximum length of arguments to `execve', including environment. */
31 #define _POSIX_ARG_MAX 4096
33 /* Maximum simultaneous processes per real user ID. */
34 #define _POSIX_CHILD_MAX 6
36 /* Maximum link count of a file. */
37 #define _POSIX_LINK_MAX 8
39 /* Number of bytes in a terminal canonical input queue. */
40 #define _POSIX_MAX_CANON 255
42 /* Number of bytes for which space will be
43 available in a terminal input queue. */
44 #define _POSIX_MAX_INPUT 255
46 /* Number of simultaneous supplementary group IDs per process. */
47 #define _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX 0
49 /* Number of files one process can have open at once. */
50 #define _POSIX_OPEN_MAX 16
52 /* Number of descriptors that a process may examine with `pselect' or
53 `select'. */
54 #define _POSIX_FD_SETSIZE _POSIX_OPEN_MAX
56 /* Number of bytes in a filename. */
57 #define _POSIX_NAME_MAX 14
59 /* Number of bytes in a pathname. */
60 #define _POSIX_PATH_MAX 255
62 /* Number of bytes than can be written atomically to a pipe. */
63 #define _POSIX_PIPE_BUF 512
65 /* Largest value of a `ssize_t'. */
66 #define _POSIX_SSIZE_MAX 32767
68 /* Number of streams a process can have open at once. */
69 #define _POSIX_STREAM_MAX 8
71 /* Maximum length of a timezone name (element of `tzname'). */
72 #define _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX 3
74 /* Maximum number of connections that can be queued on a socket. */
75 #define _POSIX_QLIMIT 1
77 /* Maximum number of bytes that can be buffered on a socket for send
78 or receive. */
79 #define _POSIX_HIWAT _POSIX_PIPE_BUF
81 /* Maximum number of elements in an `iovec' array. */
82 #define _POSIX_UIO_MAXIOV 16
84 /* Maximum number of characters in a tty name. */
85 #define _POSIX_TTY_NAME_MAX 9
87 /* Maximum length of login name. */
88 #define _POSIX_LOGIN_NAME_MAX 9
91 /* Get the implementation-specific values for the above. */
92 #include <local_lim.h>
95 #ifndef SSIZE_MAX
96 #define SSIZE_MAX INT_MAX
97 #endif
100 /* This value is a guaranteed minimum maximum.
101 The current maximum can be got from `sysconf'. */
103 #ifndef NGROUPS_MAX
104 #define NGROUPS_MAX _POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX
105 #endif
107 #endif /* posix1_limits.h */