[Mono-list] How to get linux constants like PATH_MAX into mono

[Andreas Heertsch]

2009/4/20 Jonathan Pryor <jonpryor at vt.edu>

> On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 12:51 -0700, Heertsch wrote:
> > is there a way to get the value auf PATH_MAX (linux constant for lenght
> of a
> > pathname in bytes) into c# code?
>
> I would suggest not using any such mechanism, if possible, as not all
> platforms have an actual filename limit (e.g. GNU HURD).

Jon, I totally agree!
I try to port libusb via LibUsbDotNet to Linux/OSX. The authors from libusb
wrote structures with PATH_MAX as field lenght. So I have to integrate this
malformed code. :(

In the event that you must have a limit, under Linux you can use
> Syscall.pathconf() [0] with PathconfName._PC_PATH_MAX:
>
>        long maxPathLen =
>            Syscall.pathconf("/", PathconfName._PC_PATH_MAX)

Thanks, that's what I need.
Andreas
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