From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: Re: [Mingw32] Missing macro definitions
1 May 1998 17:16:58 -0700
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To: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com



>Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 12:35:44 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>
>To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com>
>Subject: Re: [Mingw32] Missing macro definitions
>
<snip>
>These are defined in <stdlib.h> supplied with mingw32 egcs-1.0.2.
>
>  #ifndef __STRICT_ANSI__
>
>  #ifndef MAX_PATH
>  #define MAX_PATH        (260)
>  #endif
>
>  #define _MAX_PATH       MAX_PATH
>  #define _MAX_DRIVE      (3)
>  #define _MAX_DIR        _MAX_PATH
>  #define _MAX_FNAME      _MAX_PATH

Based on the VC++ 5.0 Run-Time Library Reference, pp: 252,
"_MAX_FNAME is defined in STDLIB.H as 256 bytes".  I found this after I 
posted BTW.


This makes since if _MAX_DRIVE is (3) then 
3 (DRIVE) + 256 (FNAME) + 1 (NULL) = 260 (_MAX_PATH) 

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