rust-lang / rust-lang/libc

Add PATH_MAX and FILENAME_MAX for Windows and Redox

Open
#5,033 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

C-API-request
Dominant language
Rust
Stars
2.6k
Forks
1.3k
Avg merge
1d 22h
Merged PRs (30d)
69

Description

I noticed that thost consts are missing from libc when I tried to port uutils/pathchk.
Would you consider adding them?

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by locating the platform-specific Rust bindings for Windows and Redox and checking how existing path and filename constants are defined. Add PATH_MAX and FILENAME_MAX for both requested targets, then run the relevant libc checks or target builds to confirm the constants are exposed correctly.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.