Hi People, > > When a user tries to open a file using the open() > function from user space, what is the max size of > "path to the file" + "Name of the file". Does the > kernel have a say in the max size, if so, how can I > find this limit. Can I "cat" any of the /proc file > to find this limit. > You can find this in /usr/include/linux/limits.h #define NAME_MAX 255 /* # chars in a file name */ #define PATH_MAX 4096 /* # chars in a path name including nul */ nitin -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/