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In sys/param.h document that MAXPATHLEN includes space for a null byte. 

Also note that it's the same as PATH_MAX. Reflow the comment.

Suggested by Thierry Laronde.
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dholland 2023-05-28 06:21:00 +00:00
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/* $NetBSD: param.h,v 1.726 2023/04/22 14:05:36 riastradh Exp $ */
/* $NetBSD: param.h,v 1.727 2023/05/28 06:21:00 dholland Exp $ */
/*-
* Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1993
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#define MAXFRAG 8
/*
* MAXPATHLEN defines the longest permissible path length after expanding
* symbolic links. It is used to allocate a temporary buffer from the buffer
* pool in which to do the name expansion, hence should be a power of two,
* and must be less than or equal to MAXBSIZE. MAXSYMLINKS defines the
* maximum number of symbolic links that may be expanded in a path name.
* It should be set high enough to allow all legitimate uses, but halt
* infinite loops reasonably quickly.
* MAXPATHLEN defines the longest permissible path length after
* expanding symbolic links, including a trailing null terminator
* byte. It is used to allocate a temporary buffer from the buffer
* pool in which to do the name expansion, hence should be a power of
* two, and must be less than or equal to MAXBSIZE. It must be the
* same as PATH_MAX from <limits.h>.
*
* MAXSYMLINKS defines the maximum number of symbolic links that may
* be expanded in a path name. It should be set high enough to allow
* all legitimate uses, but halt infinite loops reasonably quickly.
*
* MAXSYMLINKS should be >= _POSIX_SYMLOOP_MAX (see <limits.h>)
*/