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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 13:53:17 -0500 (EST)
From: Parthiv Shah <parthiv@corp.idt.net>
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Look at the variable NAME_MX at
/usr/include/sys/syslimits.h

Here is a snip for Bsdi and Freebsd..

#define NAME_MAX                  255   /* max bytes in a file name */

Parthiv

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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Pat McPartland wrote:

> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 10:19:53 -0500
> From: Pat McPartland <mcp@blast.net>
> To: FBSD questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>,
>     bsdi <bsdi-users@BSDI.COM>
> Subject: Fw: Max file length?
> 
> Hello,
> What is the max file length or directory length (in characters) for:
> 
>  Freebsd ?
> Bsdi ?
> 
>  Patrick McPartland	
>  mcp@blast.net			
>