Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:18:36 -0400
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> I don't know why did DJ define PATH_MAX to be 512 -- perhaps Posix
> states that as a minimum?

POSIX required it be at least 255 bytes.  I think I just picked a
randomly larger value to account for future expansion.