According to hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu):
quoted text
>1. create a file with very long filename (300 chars)
>2. find out how many chars are valid.
>3. delete the file and return that number.

That won't work under a POSIX system that doesn't permit filename
truncation.  Creation will fail with ENAMETOOLONG.
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