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what is "MAX_PATH"

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nbgoku

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what is MAX_PATH? is the largest name a file can have as in hi.txt? or is it the largest name of a file + its adress as in C:\1\hi.txt? or is it somethingelse? i find uses of it everywhere, but no simple explanation
 
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1. _MAX_PATH, not MAX_PATH
2. MSDN:
These constants define the maximum length for the path and for the individual fields within the path.

Constant Meaning
_MAX_DIR Maximum length of directory component
_MAX_DRIVE Maximum length of drive component
_MAX_EXT Maximum length of extension component
_MAX_FNAME Maximum length of filename component
[b_MAX_PATH[/b] Maximum length of full path

The sum of the fields should not exceed _MAX_PATH.

What's unclear?..
 
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