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- From: eric@mks.com (Eric Gisin)
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- Subject: pathconf _PC_PATH_MAX
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 02:40:10 -0800
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- Submitted-by: eric@mks.com (Eric Gisin)
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- On a system with a defined, constant value for PATH_MAX,
- what would pathconf("/tmp", _PC_PATH_MAX) return?
- The books I have, Zlotnick and O'Reilly, say PATH_MAX-4.
- The systems I have say PATH_MAX.
- Who is right? If it is PATH_MAX-4, how would fpathconf work?
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- I have not seen a POSIX.1 interpretation on this. Is there one?
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- Eric Gisin, Mortice Kern Systems.
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- Volume-Number: Volume 29, Number 82
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