PATHCONF

Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME

pathconf - query file system related limits and options

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

long pathconf(const char *path, int name);

DESCRIPTION

pathconf provides a method for the application to determine the current value of a configurable limit or option that is associated with the file-system containing the file or directory named in path. The following parameters to pathconf are supported: Name Meaning Note _PC_LAST max limit # for pathconf NOT POSIX _PC_IOPEN_MAX internal limit on open files NOT POSIX _PC_LINK_MAX max # of links POSIX _PC_PATH_MAX max len of a full pathname POSIX _PC_NAME_MAX max len of individual name POSIX _PC_PIPE_BUF bytes written atomically to fifo POSIX _PC_NO_TRUNC filename truncation POSIX

RETURN VALUES

pathconf returns the current variable value on success. On failure, it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

NOTE

It's a pity this routine does not conform to POSIX; but then, it's even more a pity that MiNT does not comply...

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