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diff --git a/lib/pathmax.h b/lib/pathmax.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..15a236f --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/pathmax.h @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +/* Define PATH_MAX somehow. Requires sys/types.h. + Copyright (C) 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009-2020 Free Software + Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) + any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ + +#ifndef _PATHMAX_H +# define _PATHMAX_H + +/* POSIX:2008 defines PATH_MAX to be the maximum number of bytes in a filename, + including the terminating NUL byte. + <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/limits.h.html> + PATH_MAX is not defined on systems which have no limit on filename length, + such as GNU/Hurd. + + This file does *not* define PATH_MAX always. Programs that use this file + can handle the GNU/Hurd case in several ways: + - Either with a package-wide handling, or with a per-file handling, + - Either through a + #ifdef PATH_MAX + or through a fallback like + #ifndef PATH_MAX + # define PATH_MAX 8192 + #endif + or through a fallback like + #ifndef PATH_MAX + # define PATH_MAX pathconf ("/", _PC_PATH_MAX) + #endif + */ + +# include <unistd.h> + +# include <limits.h> + +# ifndef _POSIX_PATH_MAX +# define _POSIX_PATH_MAX 256 +# endif + +/* Don't include sys/param.h if it already has been. */ +# if defined HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H && !defined PATH_MAX && !defined MAXPATHLEN +# include <sys/param.h> +# endif + +# if !defined PATH_MAX && defined MAXPATHLEN +# define PATH_MAX MAXPATHLEN +# endif + +# ifdef __hpux +/* On HP-UX, PATH_MAX designates the maximum number of bytes in a filename, + *not* including the terminating NUL byte, and is set to 1023. + Additionally, when _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined to 500 or more, PATH_MAX is + not defined at all any more. */ +# undef PATH_MAX +# define PATH_MAX 1024 +# endif + +# if defined _WIN32 && ! defined __CYGWIN__ +/* The page "Naming Files, Paths, and Namespaces" on msdn.microsoft.com, + section "Maximum Path Length Limitation", + <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/FileIO/naming-a-file#maximum-path-length-limitation> + explains that the maximum size of a filename, including the terminating + NUL byte, is 260 = 3 + 256 + 1. + This is the same value as + - FILENAME_MAX in <stdio.h>, + - _MAX_PATH in <stdlib.h>, + - MAX_PATH in <windef.h>. + Undefine the original value, because mingw's <limits.h> gets it wrong. */ +# undef PATH_MAX +# define PATH_MAX 260 +# endif + +#endif /* _PATHMAX_H */ |