+** we should be getting this value from pathconf(_PC_PATH_MAX)
+*/
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+# ifdef MAXPATHLEN
+# define PATH_MAX MAXPATHLEN
+# else
+ /* so we will just pick something */
+# define PATH_MAX 1024
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/*
+** we should be getting this value from sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)
+*/
+#ifndef OPEN_MAX
+# ifdef NOFILE
+# define OPEN_MAX NOFILE
+# else
+ /* so we will just pick something */
+# define OPEN_MAX 64
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/*