pathconf, fpathconf -- get configurable pathname variables
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
#include <unistd.h>
long
pathconf(const char *path, int name);
long
fpathconf(int fd, int name);
The pathconf() and fpathconf() system calls provide a method for applications
to determine the current value of a configurable system limit or
option variable associated with a pathname or file descriptor.
For pathconf(), the path argument is the name of a file or directory.
For fpathconf(), the fd argument is an open file descriptor. The name
argument specifies the system variable to be queried. Symbolic constants
for each name value are found in the include file <unistd.h>.
The available values are as follows:
_PC_LINK_MAX
The maximum file link count.
_PC_MAX_CANON
The maximum number of bytes in terminal canonical input line.
_PC_MAX_INPUT
The minimum maximum number of bytes for which space is available
in a terminal input queue.
_PC_NAME_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a file name.
_PC_PATH_MAX
The maximum number of bytes in a pathname.
_PC_PIPE_BUF
The maximum number of bytes which will be written atomically to a
pipe.
_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED
Return 1 if appropriate privileges are required for the chown(2)
system call, otherwise 0.
_PC_NO_TRUNC
Return 1 if file names longer than KERN_NAME_MAX are truncated.
_PC_VDISABLE
Returns the terminal character disabling value.
_PC_ASYNC_IO
Return 1 if asynchronous I/O is supported, otherwise 0.
_PC_PRIO_IO
Returns 1 if prioritised I/O is supported for this file, otherwise
0.
_PC_SYNC_IO
Returns 1 if synchronised I/O is supported for this file, otherwise
0.
_PC_ALLOC_SIZE_MIN
Minimum number of bytes of storage allocated for any portion of a
file.
_PC_FILESIZEBITS
Number of bits needed to represent the maximum file size.
_PC_REC_INCR_XFER_SIZE
Recommended increment for file transfer sizes between
_PC_REC_MIN_XFER_SIZE and _PC_REC_MAX_XFER_SIZE.
_PC_REC_MAX_XFER_SIZE
Maximum recommended file transfer size.
_PC_REC_MIN_XFER_SIZE
Minimum recommended file transfer size.
_PC_REC_XFER_ALIGN
Recommended file transfer buffer alignment.
_PC_SYMLINK_MAX
Maximum number of bytes in a symbolic link.
_PC_ACL_EXTENDED
Returns 1 if an Access Control List (ACL) can be set on the specified
file, otherwise 0.
_PC_ACL_PATH_MAX
Maximum number of ACL entries per file.
_PC_CAP_PRESENT
Returns 1 if a capability state can be set on the specified file,
otherwise 0.
_PC_INF_PRESENT
Returns 1 if an information label can be set on the specified
file, otherwise 0.
_PC_MAC_PRESENT
Returns 1 if a Mandatory Access Control (MAC) label can be set on
the specified file, otherwise 0.
If the call to pathconf() or fpathconf() is not successful, -1 is
returned and errno is set appropriately. Otherwise, if the variable is
associated with functionality that does not have a limit in the system,
-1 is returned and errno is not modified. Otherwise, the current variable
value is returned.
If any of the following conditions occur, the pathconf() and fpathconf()
system calls shall return -1 and set errno to the corresponding value.
[EINVAL] The value of the name argument is invalid.
[EINVAL] The implementation does not support an association of
the variable name with the associated file.
The pathconf() system call will fail if:
[ENOTDIR] A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
[ENAMETOOLONG] A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or
an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters.
[ENOENT] The named file does not exist.
[EACCES] Search permission is denied for a component of the
path prefix.
[ELOOP] Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating
the pathname.
[EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to
the file system.
The fpathconf() system call will fail if:
[EBADF] The fd argument is not a valid open file descriptor.
[EIO] An I/O error occurred while reading from or writing to
the file system.
sysctl(3)
The pathconf() and fpathconf() system calls first appeared in 4.4BSD.
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