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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
Cc: Patrick Guerin <pat@inix.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Filename limitation
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 12:31:29AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Patrick Guerin wrote:
>=20
> :What is the maximum length for a filename, ie. 12345678901234567890.txt
> :
>=20
> 255 bytes, including the complete path.

No, the complete path can be up to 1024 bytes (PATH_MAX) long.  The
individual filenames making up the path can be up to NAME_MAX (255
bytes) long.

Kris

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