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-rw-r--r-- | lib/pathmax.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pathmax.h b/lib/pathmax.h index 8056fef22..41f0ba276 100644 --- a/lib/pathmax.h +++ b/lib/pathmax.h @@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ #ifndef _PATHMAX_H # define _PATHMAX_H +/* POSIX:2008 defines PATH_MAX to be the maximum number of bytes in a filename, + including the terminating NUL byte. + <http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/limits.h.html> + PATH_MAX is not defined on systems which have no limit on filename length, + such as GNU/Hurd. */ + # include <unistd.h> # include <limits.h> @@ -45,4 +51,13 @@ # define PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX # endif +# ifdef __hpux +/* On HP-UX, PATH_MAX designates the maximum number of bytes in a filename, + *not* including the terminating NUL byte, and is set to 1023. + Additionally, when _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined to 500 or more, PATH_MAX is + not defined at all any more. */ +# undef PATH_MAX +# define PATH_MAX 1024 +# endif + #endif /* _PATHMAX_H */ |