tests: add maxlen.bash helper

Simple script that finds out the maximum supported filename
length.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/maxlen.bash b/tests/maxlen.bash
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+#!/bin/bash -eu
+#
+# Find out the maximum supported filename length and print it.
+#
+# Part of the gocryptfs test suite
+# https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/
+
+NAME="maxlen."
+LEN=7
+
+while [ $LEN -le 10000 ]; do
+	touch $NAME 2> /dev/null || break
+	rm $NAME
+	NAME="${NAME}x"
+	let LEN=LEN+1
+done
+
+echo $LEN