On Sep 26, 8:42am, da...@l8s.co.uk (David Laight) wrote: -- Subject: Re: MAXNAMLEN vs NAME_MAX
| On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 08:10:49PM -0400, Christos Zoulas wrote: | > | > Because it will create a horrible mess for anything that tries to allocate | > a struct dirent and use it. Imagine having an old library with new binaries | > or vice-verse. | | Is it possible to add a named 'pad' field? We could... But it is better long term to move forward and allow for longer names. christos
