What is the maximum length of a file name on Solari s 7?
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 11:51:18AM -0800, Adams, Christopher wrote: > Hi all! > > I really have just one question. I know that the maximum length of a UNIX > file name is related to the UNIX file system itself. Does anyone know where > I can get any good information on the maximum file name length for different > UNIX file systems? > > What is the maximum length of a file name on Solaris 7? $ cd /usr/include/sys/fs [01/24/01 veblen@sinai veblen] $ grep MAXNAM ufs*.h ufs_fsdir.h: * The maximum length of a name in a directory is MAXNAMLEN. ufs_fsdir.h:#define MAXNAMLEN 255 ufs_fsdir.h: char d_name[MAXNAMLEN + 1]; /* name must be no longer than this */ ufs_fsdir.h: ((sizeof (struct direct) – (MAXNAMLEN+1)) + (((dp)->d_namlen+1+3) &~ 3)) ufs_fsdir.h: * is MAXNAMLEN – 1, and this just won’t do. I believe this limitation holds for Linux’s ext2 filesystem and AIX’s jfs as well. Dunno about the others. Regards, Nick Dronen _______________________________________________ SunHELP maillist – SunH
