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1 /* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
16 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
17 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 /* Additional definitions from X/Open Portability Guide, Issue 4, Version 2
20 System Interfaces and Headers, 4.16 <limits.h>
22 Please note only the values which are not greater than the minimum
23 stated in the standard document are listed. The `sysconf' functions
24 should be used to obtain the actual value. */
26 #ifndef _XOPEN_LIM_H
28 #define _XOPEN_LIM_H 1
30 /* We do not provide fixed values for
32 ARG_MAX Maximum length of argument to the `exec' function
33 including environment data.
35 ATEXIT_MAX Maximum number of functions that may be registered
36 with `atexit'.
38 CHILD_MAX Maximum number of simultaneous processes per real
39 user ID.
41 OPEN_MAX Maximum number of files that one process can have open
42 at anyone time.
44 PAGESIZE
45 PAGE_SIZE Size of bytes of a page.
47 PASS_MAX Maximum number of significant bytes in a password.
51 /* Maximum number of `iovec' structures that one process has available
52 for use with `readv' or writev'. */
53 #define IOV_MAX _XOPEN_IOV_MAX
55 /* The number of streams that one process can have open at one time. */
56 #define STREAM_MAX _POSIX_STREAM_MAX
58 /* Maximum number of bytes supported for the name of a time zone. */
59 #define TZNAME_MAX _POSIX_TZNAME_MAX
62 /* Maximum number of `iovec' structures that one process has available
63 for use with `readv' or writev'. */
64 #define _XOPEN_IOV_MAX _POSIX_UIO_MAXIOV
67 /* Maximum value of `digit' in calls to the `printf' and `scanf'
68 functions. We have no limit, so return a reasonable value. */
69 #define NL_ARGMAX _POSIX_ARG_MAX
71 /* Maximum number of bytes in a `LANG' name. We have no limit. */
72 #define NL_LANGMAX _POSIX2_LINE_MAX
74 /* Maximum message number. We have no limit. */
75 #define NL_MSGMAX INT_MAX
77 /* Maximum number of bytes in N-to-1 collation mapping. We have no
78 limit. */
79 #define NL_NMAX INT_MAX
81 /* Maximum set number. We have no limit. */
82 #define NL_SETMAX INT_MAX
84 /* Maximum number of bytes in a message. We have no limit. */
85 #define NL_TEXTMAX INT_MAX
87 /* Default process priority. */
88 #define NZERO 20
90 #endif /* xopen_lim.h */