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syslimits.h
/*-
 * Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
 *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 *
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 * SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 *	@(#)syslimits.h	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/2/93
 * $FreeBSD: src/sys/sys/syslimits.h,v 1.21 2005/03/02 21:33:29 joerg Exp $
 */

#ifndef _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_
#define _SYS_SYSLIMITS_H_

#if !defined(_KERNEL) && !defined(_LIMITS_H_) && !defined(_SYS_PARAM_H_)
#ifndef _SYS_CDEFS_H_
#error this file needs sys/cdefs.h as a prerequisite
#endif
#ifdef __CC_SUPPORTS_WARNING
#warning "No user-serviceable parts inside."
#endif
#endif

/*
 * Do not add any new variables here.  (See the comment at the end of
 * the file for why.)
 */
#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__powerpc__)
#define	ARG_MAX			65536	/* max bytes for an exec function */
#else
#define	ARG_MAX			262144	/* max bytes for an exec function */
#endif
#ifndef CHILD_MAX
#define	CHILD_MAX		   40	/* max simultaneous processes */
#endif
#define	LINK_MAX		32767	/* max file link count */
#define	MAX_CANON		  255	/* max bytes in term canon input line */
#define	MAX_INPUT		  255	/* max bytes in terminal input */
#define	NAME_MAX		  255	/* max bytes in a file name */
#define	NGROUPS_MAX		   16	/* max supplemental group id's */
#ifndef OPEN_MAX
#define	OPEN_MAX		   64	/* max open files per process */
#endif
#define	PATH_MAX		 1024	/* max bytes in pathname */
#define	PIPE_BUF		  512	/* max bytes for atomic pipe writes */
#define	IOV_MAX			 1024	/* max elements in i/o vector */

/*
 * We leave the following values undefined to force applications to either
 * assume conservative values or call sysconf() to get the current value.
 *
 * HOST_NAME_MAX
 *
 * (We should do this for most of the values currently defined here,
 * but many programs are not prepared to deal with this yet.)
 */
#endif


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