pathconf _PC_PATH_MAX

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From: Eric Gisin
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 10:40

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Submitted-by: eric@mks.com (Eric Gisin)

On a system with a defined, constant value for PATH_MAX,
what would pathconf("/tmp", _PC_PATH_MAX) return?
The books I have, Zlotnick and O'Reilly, say PATH_MAX-4.
The systems I have say PATH_MAX.
Who is right? If it is PATH_MAX-4, how would fpathconf work?

I have not seen a POSIX.1 interpretation on this. Is there one?

	Eric Gisin, Mortice Kern Systems.


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