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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:10:07 +0100
From:      Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk>
To:        Patrick Guerin <pat@inix.com>
Cc:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Filename limitation
Message-ID:  <20010718121007.A22510@cartman.techsupport.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20010717225630.A91509@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:56:31PM -0700
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107171833450.20645-100000@prince.inix.com> <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0107180030520.86186-100000@shell-2.enteract.com> <20010717225630.A91509@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:56:31PM -0700, Kris Kennaway said:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 12:31:29AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Patrick Guerin wrote:
> > 
> > :What is the maximum length for a filename, ie. 12345678901234567890.txt
> > :
> > 
> > 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.

Yup.  Check http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/psd/05.sysman/paper-3.html#section45
for further confirmation/information.

Ceri

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