syslimits.h

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00001 /*-
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00029  *      @(#)syslimits.h 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/2/93
00030  * $FreeBSD: src/sys/sys/syslimits.h,v 1.21 2005/03/02 21:33:29 joerg Exp $
00031  */
00032 
00033 #ifndef _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
00034 #define _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
00035 
00036 #if !defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(_LIMITS_H_) && !defined(_SYS_PARAM_H_)
00037 #ifndef _SYS_CDEFS_H_
00038 #error this file needs sys/cdefs.h as a prerequisite
00039 #endif
00040 #ifdef __CC_SUPPORTS_WARNING
00041 #warning "No user-serviceable parts inside."
00042 #endif
00043 #endif
00044 
00045 /*
00046  * Do not add any new variables here.  (See the comment at the end of
00047  * the file for why.)
00048  */
00049 #if defined(__arm__) || defined(__powerpc__)
00050 #define ARG_MAX                 65536   /* max bytes for an exec function */
00051 #else
00052 #define ARG_MAX                 262144  /* max bytes for an exec function */
00053 #endif
00054 #ifndef CHILD_MAX
00055 #define CHILD_MAX                  40   /* max simultaneous processes */
00056 #endif
00057 #define LINK_MAX                32767   /* max file link count */
00058 #define MAX_CANON                 255   /* max bytes in term canon input line */
00059 #define MAX_INPUT                 255   /* max bytes in terminal input */
00060 #define NAME_MAX                  255   /* max bytes in a file name */
00061 #define NGROUPS_MAX                16   /* max supplemental group id's */
00062 #ifndef OPEN_MAX
00063 #define OPEN_MAX                   64   /* max open files per process */
00064 #endif
00065 #ifndef __SYMBIAN32__
00066 #define PATH_MAX                 1024   /* max bytes in pathname */
00067 #else
00068 #define PATH_MAX                 256    /* max bytes in pathname. In Symbian, this cant be more than 256 */
00069 #endif /* __SYMBIAN32__ */
00070 #define PIPE_BUF                  512   /* max bytes for atomic pipe writes */
00071 #define IOV_MAX                  1024   /* max elements in i/o vector */
00072 
00073 /*
00074  * We leave the following values undefined to force applications to either
00075  * assume conservative values or call sysconf() to get the current value.
00076  *
00077  * HOST_NAME_MAX
00078  *
00079  * (We should do this for most of the values currently defined here,
00080  * but many programs are not prepared to deal with this yet.)
00081  */
00082 #endif

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