Make PATH_MAX consistent with MAX_PATH

[pf3gnuchains/pf3gnuchains4x.git] / winsup / mingw / include / limits.h

diff --git a/winsup/mingw/include/limits.h b/winsup/mingw/include/limits.h
index 04f79f5..96ad26c 100644 (file)
--- a/winsup/mingw/include/limits.h
+++ b/winsup/mingw/include/limits.h
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
  *
  * TODO: NAME_MAX and OPEN_MAX are file system limits or not? Are they the
  *       same as FILENAME_MAX and FOPEN_MAX from stdio.h?
- * NOTE: Apparently the actual size of PATH_MAX is 260, but a space is
- *       required for the NUL. TODO: Test?
+ * NOTE: PATH_MAX is the POSIX equivalent for Microsoft's MAX_PATH; the two
+ *       are semantically identical, with a limit of 259 characters for the
+ *       path name, plus one for a terminating NUL, for a total of 260.
  */
-#define PATH_MAX       259
+#define PATH_MAX       260
 
 /*
  * Characteristics of the char data type.