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fpathconf(3) Library Functions Manual fpathconf(3)

NAME top

   fpathconf, pathconf - get configuration values for files

LIBRARY top

   Standard C library (_libc_, _-lc_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <unistd.h>**

   **long fpathconf(int** _fd_**, int** _name_**);**
   **long pathconf(const char ***_path_**, int** _name_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   **fpathconf**() gets a value for the configuration option _name_ for the
   open file descriptor _fd_.

   **pathconf**() gets a value for configuration option _name_ for the
   filename _path_.

   The corresponding macros defined in _<unistd.h>_ are minimum values;
   if an application wants to take advantage of values which may
   change, a call to **fpathconf**() or **pathconf**() can be made, which may
   yield more liberal results.

   Setting _name_ equal to one of the following constants returns the
   following configuration options:

   **_PC_LINK_MAX**
          The maximum number of links to the file.  If _fd_ or _path_
          refer to a directory, then the value applies to the whole
          directory.  The corresponding macro is **_POSIX_LINK_MAX**.

   **_PC_MAX_CANON**
          The maximum length of a formatted input line, where _fd_ or
          _path_ must refer to a terminal.  The corresponding macro is
          **_POSIX_MAX_CANON**.

   **_PC_MAX_INPUT**
          The maximum length of an input line, where _fd_ or _path_ must
          refer to a terminal.  The corresponding macro is
          **_POSIX_MAX_INPUT**.

   **_PC_NAME_MAX**
          The maximum length of a filename in the directory _path_ or
          _fd_ that the process is allowed to create.  The
          corresponding macro is **_POSIX_NAME_MAX**.

   **_PC_PATH_MAX**
          The maximum length of a relative pathname when _path_ or _fd_
          is the current working directory.  The corresponding macro
          is **_POSIX_PATH_MAX**.

   **_PC_PIPE_BUF**
          The maximum number of bytes that can be written atomically
          to a pipe of FIFO.  For **fpathconf**(), _fd_ should refer to a
          pipe or FIFO.  For **fpathconf**(), _path_ should refer to a FIFO
          or a directory; in the latter case, the returned value
          corresponds to FIFOs created in that directory.  The
          corresponding macro is **_POSIX_PIPE_BUF**.

   **_PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED**
          This returns a positive value if the use of [chown(2)](../man2/chown.2.html) and
          [fchown(2)](../man2/fchown.2.html) for changing a file's user ID is restricted to a
          process with appropriate privileges, and changing a file's
          group ID to a value other than the process's effective
          group ID or one of its supplementary group IDs is
          restricted to a process with appropriate privileges.
          According to POSIX.1, this variable shall always be defined
          with a value other than -1.  The corresponding macro is
          **_POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED**.

          If _fd_ or _path_ refers to a directory, then the return value
          applies to all files in that directory.

   **_PC_NO_TRUNC**
          This returns nonzero if accessing filenames longer than
          **_POSIX_NAME_MAX** generates an error.  The corresponding
          macro is **_POSIX_NO_TRUNC**.

   **_PC_VDISABLE**
          This returns nonzero if special character processing can be
          disabled, where _fd_ or _path_ must refer to a terminal.

RETURN VALUE top

   The return value of these functions is one of the following:

   •  On error, -1 is returned and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ is set to indicate the error
      (for example, **EINVAL**, indicating that _name_ is invalid).

   •  If _name_ corresponds to a maximum or minimum limit, and that
      limit is indeterminate, -1 is returned and _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ is not
      changed.  (To distinguish an indeterminate limit from an error,
      set _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_ to zero before the call, and then check whether _[errno](../man3/errno.3.html)_
      is nonzero when -1 is returned.)

   •  If _name_ corresponds to an option, a positive value is returned
      if the option is supported, and -1 is returned if the option is
      not supported.

   •  Otherwise, the current value of the option or limit is
      returned.  This value will not be more restrictive than the
      corresponding value that was described to the application in
      _<unistd.h>_ or _<limits.h>_ when the application was compiled.

ERRORS top

   **EACCES** (**pathconf**()) Search permission is denied for one of the
          directories in the path prefix of _path_.

   **EBADF** (**fpathconf**()) _fd_ is not a valid file descriptor.

   **EINVAL** _name_ is invalid.

   **EINVAL** The implementation does not support an association of _name_
          with the specified file.

   **ELOOP** (**pathconf**()) Too many symbolic links were encountered while
          resolving _path_.

   **ENAMETOOLONG**
          (**pathconf**()) _path_ is too long.

   **ENOENT** (**pathconf**()) A component of _path_ does not exist, or _path_ is
          an empty string.

   **ENOTDIR**
          (**pathconf**()) A component used as a directory in _path_ is not
          in fact a directory.

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
   │ **fpathconf**(), **pathconf**()              │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
   └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS top

   POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY top

   POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES top

   Files with name lengths longer than the value returned for _name_
   equal to **_PC_NAME_MAX** may exist in the given directory.

   Some returned values may be huge; they are not suitable for
   allocating memory.

SEE ALSO top

   **getconf**(1), [open(2)](../man2/open.2.html), [statfs(2)](../man2/statfs.2.html), [confstr(3)](../man3/confstr.3.html), [sysconf(3)](../man3/sysconf.3.html)

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