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+/* Define PATH_MAX somehow. Requires sys/types.h.
+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009-2022 Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This file 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser 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 */