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Re: Max string size of filePath+filenName

Hi People,

>
> When a user tries to open a file using the open()
> function from user space, what is the max size of
> "path to the file" + "Name of the file".  Does the
> kernel have a say in the max size, if so, how can I
> find this limit.  Can I "cat" any of the /proc file     > to find this limit.
>

You can find this in /usr/include/linux/limits.h

#define NAME_MAX 255  /* # chars in a file name */
#define PATH_MAX 4096 /* # chars in a path name including nul */

nitin


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