From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 18 4: 8:58 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cartman.techsupport.co.uk (cabletel1.cableol.net [194.168.3.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A72C37B405 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 04:08:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ceri@techsupport.co.uk) Received: from ceri by cartman.techsupport.co.uk with local (Exim 3.31 #1) id 15MpDT-0006U3-00; Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:10:07 +0100 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:10:07 +0100 From: Ceri To: Patrick Guerin Cc: David Scheidt , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filename limitation Message-ID: <20010718121007.A22510@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> References: <20010717225630.A91509@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010717225630.A91509@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:56:31PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:56:31PM -0700, Kris Kennaway said: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 12:31:29AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Patrick Guerin wrote: > > > > :What is the maximum length for a filename, ie. 12345678901234567890.txt > > : > > > > 255 bytes, including the complete path. > > No, the complete path can be up to 1024 bytes (PATH_MAX) long. The > individual filenames making up the path can be up to NAME_MAX (255 > bytes) long. Yup. Check http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/psd/05.sysman/paper-3.html#section45 for further confirmation/information. Ceri -- We've tried this God stuff long enough. It's time for a change. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message