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Re: New session management patch.
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: New session management patch. |
Date: |
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:25:58 +0100 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
|> On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Richard Stallman wrote:
|>
|> > + if (proglen+len+1 <= MAXPATHLEN)
|> > + {
|> > + char maybe[MAXPATHLEN+1];
|> >
|> > That is an arbitrary limit, so please remove it. openp avoids having
|> > such a limit.
|>
|> AFAIK, MAXPATHLEN is not an arbitrary limit, it's something specific to
|> each platform. It tells how long can a file name be on that system.
No, it's not a system limit as is, it can vary depending on file systems
and directories (at least PATH_MAX can, which is the POSIX equivalent;
MAXPATHLEN is actually pre-POSIX).
Andreas.
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- Re: Session management patch, please comment., (continued)
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Jan D., 2002/02/19
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Kim F. Storm, 2002/02/19
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Jan Djärv, 2002/02/20
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Kim F. Storm, 2002/02/20
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Jan D., 2002/02/21
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Kim F. Storm, 2002/02/21
- New session management patch., Jan D., 2002/02/26
- Re: New session management patch., Richard Stallman, 2002/02/27
- Re: New session management patch., Eli Zaretskii, 2002/02/27
- Re: New session management patch.,
Andreas Schwab <=
- Re: New session management patch., Colin Walters, 2002/02/27
- Re: New session management patch., Richard Stallman, 2002/02/27
- Re: New session management patch., Jan D., 2002/02/27
- Re: New session management patch., Richard Stallman, 2002/02/28
- Re: New session management patch., Kim F. Storm, 2002/02/28
- Re: New session management patch., Richard Stallman, 2002/02/28
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Richard Stallman, 2002/02/21
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Richard Stallman, 2002/02/20
- Re: Session management patch, please comment., Jan D., 2002/02/21