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-rw-r--r--winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h7
-rw-r--r--winsup/cygwin/include/sys/cygwin.h2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h
index e6e089da9..20dd84a0b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h
@@ -321,10 +321,11 @@ details. */
#undef NAME_MAX
#define NAME_MAX 255
-/* Maximum length of a path including trailing NUL.
- (32767 - max. native NT path prefix) */
+/* Maximum length of a path given to API functions including trailing NUL.
+ Deliberately set to the same default value as on Linux. Internal paths
+ may be longer. */
#undef PATH_MAX
-#define PATH_MAX 32760
+#define PATH_MAX 4096
/* # of bytes in a pipe buf. This is the max # of bytes which can be
written to a pipe in one atomic operation. */
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/cygwin.h b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/cygwin.h
index b8738fa70..287cc1db3 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/cygwin.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/include/sys/cygwin.h
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ struct external_pinfo
__gid32_t gid32;
/* Only available if version >= EXTERNAL_PINFO_VERSION_32_LP */
- char progname_long[PATH_MAX];
+ char progname_long[NT_MAX_PATH];
};
#endif /*__CYGWIN__*/
#endif /*WINVER*/