Frank Hofmann wrote: > > On Fri, 28 Dec 2007, Joerg Schilling wrote: ... >> Why do you beliece there is a need for a pathconf() call? >> Either rename(2) succeeds or it fails with a cross-device error. > > Why do you have a NAME_MAX / SYMLINK_MAX query - you can just as well let > such requests fail with ENAMETOOLONG. > > Why do you have a FILESIZEBITS query - there's EOVERFLOW to tell you. > > > There's no _need_. But the convenience exists for others as well.
Because those 2 involve variable types and/or buffer allocations, so knowing them in advance is a major advantage. rename will either succeed or fail. -- Carson _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
