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[patch] manual/conf.texi, sync _POSIX_PATH_MAX with header value
- To: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: [patch] manual/conf.texi, sync _POSIX_PATH_MAX with header value
- From: Ben Collins <bcollins at debian dot org>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:40:24 -0500
2001-01-08 Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
* manual/conf.texi (File Minimums): Fix _POSIX_PATH_MAX to match
the value in posix1_lim.h (256).
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--- manual/conf.texi~ 2000/05/21 21:21:56 1.40
+++ manual/conf.texi 2001/01/09 00:27:31
@@ -1282,7 +1282,8 @@
@comment POSIX.1
@item _POSIX_PATH_MAX
The most restrictive limit permitted by POSIX for the maximum number of
-bytes in a file name. The value of this constant is @code{255}.
+bytes in a file name. POSIX defines this to be no less than 255. In
+the GNU C library, the value of this constant is @code{256}.
@comment limits.h
@comment POSIX.1