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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2008-03-12 17:04:10 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2008-03-12 17:04:10 +0000 |
| commit | a66789a0c02dfc2933b47c669b5d40db748282f6 (patch) | |
| tree | b8da466b48d33ff478cbd58322327e4862229b1e /winsup/cygwin/winsup.h | |
| parent | 495571e5fc12807ff2b657bbb0899436b3ea5467 (diff) | |
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* environ.h: Fix comment.
* winsup.h: Ditto. Reflect the fact that CYG_MAX_PATH is deprecated.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h b/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h index 55db72960..7981e5469 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h +++ b/winsup/cygwin/winsup.h @@ -64,16 +64,10 @@ extern unsigned long cygwin_inet_addr (const char *cp); PATH_MAX is from Posix and does include the trailing NUL. MAXPATHLEN is from Unix. - Thou shalt use CYG_MAX_PATH throughout. It avoids the NUL vs no-NUL - issue and is neither of the Unixy ones [so we can punt on which - one is the right one to use]. - - Windows ANSI calls are limited to MAX_PATH in length. Cygwin calls that - thunk through to Windows Wide calls are limited to 32K. We define - CYG_MAX_PATH as a convenient, not to short, not too long 'happy medium'. - - */ - + Thou shalt *not* use CYG_MAX_PATH anymore. Use NT_MAX_PATH or + dynamic allocation instead when accessing real files. Use + MAX_PATH in case you need a convenient small buffer when creating + names for synchronization objects or named pipes. */ #define CYG_MAX_PATH (MAX_PATH) /* There's no define for the maximum path length the NT kernel can handle. |