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From: Bill Webb <webb@webb-home.chelmsford.telebit.com>
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To: mcp@blast.net, parthiv@corp.idt.net
Subject: Re: Fw: Max file length?
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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 */
>

This is a bit incomplete.

The maximum length of a path name component (directory 
or filename) is 255 bytes. The maximum total pathname length 
is 1024 bytes.

Bill Webb. Telebit NetBlazer Software Development Group
   Email: webb@telebit.com WWW: http://www.telebit.com/~webb
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