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From: Seebs on 14 Feb 2010 02:05 On 2010-02-14, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote: > oh balls. The more I talk about this, the more I think I should > hardcode PATH_MAX at 4096. You shouldn't. Learn to do things right -- it's worth it. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!
From: Phred Phungus on 15 Feb 2010 16:25 Seebs wrote: > On 2010-02-14, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote: >> oh balls. The more I talk about this, the more I think I should >> hardcode PATH_MAX at 4096. > > You shouldn't. Learn to do things right -- it's worth it. > > -s Then how does one determine PATH_MAX given a directory? -- fred
From: Lew Pitcher on 15 Feb 2010 17:28 On February 15, 2010 16:25, in comp.unix.shell, Phred(a)example.invalid wrote: > Seebs wrote: >> On 2010-02-14, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote: >>> oh balls. The more I talk about this, the more I think I should >>> hardcode PATH_MAX at 4096. >> >> You shouldn't. Learn to do things right -- it's worth it. >> >> -s > > Then how does one determine PATH_MAX given a directory? Geoff gave you the answer: use the getconf utility program. getconf PATH_MAX $GivenDirectory -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: Seebs on 15 Feb 2010 17:13 On 2010-02-15, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote: > Then how does one determine PATH_MAX given a directory? In comp.unix.shell, one doesn't -- the shell doesn't have to pre-allocate storage for strings. If you want to know how to do it in C, try comp.unix.programmer. :) -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam(a)seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!
From: Phred Phungus on 18 Feb 2010 23:39
Lew Pitcher wrote: > On February 15, 2010 16:25, in comp.unix.shell, Phred(a)example.invalid wrote: > >> Seebs wrote: >>> On 2010-02-14, Phred Phungus <Phred(a)example.invalid> wrote: >>>> oh balls. The more I talk about this, the more I think I should >>>> hardcode PATH_MAX at 4096. >>> You shouldn't. Learn to do things right -- it's worth it. >>> >>> -s >> Then how does one determine PATH_MAX given a directory? > > Geoff gave you the answer: use the getconf utility program. > > getconf PATH_MAX $GivenDirectory > $ getconf PATH_MAX $/etc/ 4096 $ I didn't guess wrong. -- fred |