lib/pathmax.h

   1 /* Define PATH_MAX somehow.  Requires sys/types.h.
   2    Copyright (C) 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009-2012 Free Software
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   4
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   9
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  14
  15    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  16    along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  17
  18 #ifndef _PATHMAX_H
  19 # define _PATHMAX_H
  20
  21 /* POSIX:2008 defines PATH_MAX to be the maximum number of bytes in a filename,
  22    including the terminating NUL byte.
  23    <http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/limits.h.html>
  24    PATH_MAX is not defined on systems which have no limit on filename length,
  25    such as GNU/Hurd.
  26
  27    This file does *not* define PATH_MAX always.  Programs that use this file
  28    can handle the GNU/Hurd case in several ways:
  29      - Either with a package-wide handling, or with a per-file handling,
  30      - Either through a
  31          #ifdef PATH_MAX
  32        or through a fallback like
  33          #ifndef PATH_MAX
  34          # define PATH_MAX 8192
  35          #endif
  36        or through a fallback like
  37          #ifndef PATH_MAX
  38          # define PATH_MAX pathconf ("/", _PC_PATH_MAX)
  39          #endif
  40  */
  41
  42 # include <unistd.h>
  43
  44 # include <limits.h>
  45
  46 # ifndef _POSIX_PATH_MAX
  47 #  define _POSIX_PATH_MAX 256
  48 # endif
  49
  50 /* Don't include sys/param.h if it already has been.  */
  51 # if defined HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H && !defined PATH_MAX && !defined MAXPATHLEN
  52 #  include <sys/param.h>
  53 # endif
  54
  55 # if !defined PATH_MAX && defined MAXPATHLEN
  56 #  define PATH_MAX MAXPATHLEN
  57 # endif
  58
  59 # ifdef __hpux
  60 /* On HP-UX, PATH_MAX designates the maximum number of bytes in a filename,
  61    *not* including the terminating NUL byte, and is set to 1023.
  62    Additionally, when _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined to 500 or more, PATH_MAX is
  63    not defined at all any more.  */
  64 #  undef PATH_MAX
  65 #  define PATH_MAX 1024
  66 # endif
  67
  68 # if (defined _WIN32 || defined __WIN32__) && ! defined __CYGWIN__
  69 /* The page "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces" on msdn.microsoft.com,
  70    section "Maximum Path Length Limitation",
  71    <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx#maxpath>
  72    explains that the maximum size of a filename, including the terminating
  73    NUL byte, is 260 = 3 + 256 + 1.
  74    This is the same value as
  75      - FILENAME_MAX in <stdio.h>,
  76      - _MAX_PATH in <stdlib.h>,
  77      - MAX_PATH in <windef.h>.
  78    Undefine the original value, because mingw's <limits.h> gets it wrong.  */
  79 #  undef PATH_MAX
  80 #  define PATH_MAX 260
  81 # endif
  82
  83 #endif /* _PATHMAX_H */