I believe you, but why then is the macro undefined? Why is the definition now
commented out?
>From <limits.h> (actually CEE.SCEEH.H(LIMITS)) on z/OS V2R4:
/*
* POSIX.1 1990 Section 2.8.5 Statement 1065 -
* these macros "shall be omitted on specific
* implementations where the corresonding value is
* >= the stated minimum, but where the value
* can vary depending on the file to which it is
* applied."
*
*
*/
/*
* #define LINK_MAX
* #define MAX_CANON
* #define MAX_INPUT
* #define NAME_MAX
* #define PATH_MAX
* #define PIPE_BUF
*/
Charles
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Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 5:32 AM
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Subject: Re: C macro for maximum path length?
PATH_MAX on z/OS is 1023. This is documented in lots of error messages and BPX
assembler services.
> On 3 Dec 2020, at 7:16 am, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have some code that compiles both under Windows Visual Studio and z/OS
> XLC.
>
> In Windows the maximum length of a file path is defined by _MAX_PATH and
> __MAX_PATH (I guess MS thinks two macros are better than one).
>
> What is the equivalent macro for XLC? Failing that, what *is* the maximum
> path length so I can define my own macro?
>
> Posix defines PATH_MAX and I see references to it in the z/OS doc but it
> does not seem to be defined for my compile. How do I pick that up? And yes,
> I have
>
> #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1
> #include <stdlib.h>
>
> z/OS V2R4
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
>
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