X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/a16d8f2b2583799ab935fd5645622d448a54486e..ce58b1b479c9ffcdc6fc85d492206fcd5bd32d64:/options.c

diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 166afdb9..d719a4d6 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -605,11 +605,16 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc, const char ***argv, int frommain)
 	}
 	if (batch_prefix && strlen(batch_prefix) > MAX_BATCH_PREFIX_LEN) {
 		rprintf(FERROR,
-			"the batch_prefix string must be %d characters or less.\n",
+			"the batch-file prefix must be %d characters or less.\n",
 			MAX_BATCH_PREFIX_LEN);
 		exit_cleanup(RERR_SYNTAX);
 	}
 
+	if (tmpdir && strlen(tmpdir) >= MAXPATHLEN - 10) {
+		rprintf(FERROR, "the --temp-dir path is WAY too long.\n");
+		exit_cleanup(RERR_SYNTAX);
+	}
+
 	if (do_compression && (write_batch || read_batch)) {
 		rprintf(FERROR,
 			"compress can not be used with write-batch or read-batch\n");