Chapter 11: System Limits and Options

Exercise 11-1

1. To compile and link this solution, use make t_sysconf.
2. To execute this solution, use ./t_sysconf

The expected output is:

_SC_ARG_MAX:         2097152
_SC_LOGIN_NAME_MAX:  256
_SC_OPEN_MAX:        1024
_SC_NGROUPS_MAX:     65536
_SC_PAGESIZE:        4096
_SC_RTSIG_MAX:       32

Exercise 11-2

1. To compile and link this solution, use make t_fpathconf.
2. To execute this solution, use ./t_fpathconf

The expected output is:

_PC_NAME_MAX:  255
_PC_PATH_MAX:  4096
_PC_PIPE_BUF:  4096