Win32 PATH_MAX is 259

On Feb 7, 2008 5:51 PM, Michael Sweet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alvin wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > FL_PATH_MAX, in filename.H, is defined to be 256. Any particular reason for
> > 256? Was it an arbitrary choice or is there some background information
> > that dictated 256?
>
> Older systems have a maximum path length of 256 characters.  Newer
> systems increase the limit to 1024 characters...
>
> _POSIX_PATH_MAX is 256.
>
> _XOPEN_NAME_MAX is 255.
>
> _XOPEN_PATH_MAX is 1024.
>
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