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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

...Just asking, just asking: Why is the default FILENAME_MAX on Linux/glibc 4096?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Because PATH_MAX is? Also because it's a 4k page.

FILENAME_MAX is not safe to use for buffer allocations btw it could be INT_MAX.