* environ.h: Fix comment.
* winsup.h: Ditto. Reflect the fact that CYG_MAX_PATH is deprecated.
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2008-03-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
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* environ.h: Fix comment.
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* winsup.h: Ditto. Reflect the fact that CYG_MAX_PATH is deprecated.
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2008-03-12 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
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* pipe.cc (fhandler_pipe::create_selectable): Use MAX_PATH instead of
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/* The structure below is used to control conversion to/from posix-style
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file specs. Currently, only PATH and HOME are converted, but PATH
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needs to use a "convert path list" function while HOME needs a simple
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"convert to posix/win32". For the simple case, where a calculated length
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is required, just return CYG_MAX_PATH. *FIXME* */
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"convert to posix/win32". */
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struct win_env
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{
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const char *name;
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PATH_MAX is from Posix and does include the trailing NUL.
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MAXPATHLEN is from Unix.
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Thou shalt use CYG_MAX_PATH throughout. It avoids the NUL vs no-NUL
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issue and is neither of the Unixy ones [so we can punt on which
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one is the right one to use].
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Windows ANSI calls are limited to MAX_PATH in length. Cygwin calls that
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thunk through to Windows Wide calls are limited to 32K. We define
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CYG_MAX_PATH as a convenient, not to short, not too long 'happy medium'.
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*/
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Thou shalt *not* use CYG_MAX_PATH anymore. Use NT_MAX_PATH or
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dynamic allocation instead when accessing real files. Use
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MAX_PATH in case you need a convenient small buffer when creating
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names for synchronization objects or named pipes. */
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#define CYG_MAX_PATH (MAX_PATH)
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/* There's no define for the maximum path length the NT kernel can handle.
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