Re: Proposition for platform maximum filename/pathname lengthsymbols

["Jon A. Cruz" <jon joncruz org>]

On Dec 27, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Chris Morrison wrote:

> > What could be added is functionality to determine these limits for a
> > specified directory.
>
> Yes, I think now that this would be a good idea.


That may not be possible.

Additionally, even if you get such a value, it could be a value  
that's too large to actually allocate memory for. Thus knowing the  
value would be almost as helpful as just assuming it was infinite or  
non-existant.