diff --git a/mentos/inc/libc/limits.h b/mentos/inc/libc/limits.h
index 36e92e6..bd5c67f 100644
--- a/mentos/inc/libc/limits.h
+++ b/mentos/inc/libc/limits.h
@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@
 
 /// Maximum value a `signed long int' can hold.
 #define LONG_MIN (-LONG_MAX - 1L)
+
+/// Maximum number of characters in a file name.
+#define NAME_MAX 255
+
+/// Maximum number of characters in a path name.
+#define PATH_MAX 4096
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mentos/inc/process/process.h b/mentos/inc/process/process.h
index c59fd81..aa26b82 100644
--- a/mentos/inc/process/process.h
+++ b/mentos/inc/process/process.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "unistd.h"
 #include "list_head.h"
 #include "signal_defs.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 
 /// The maximum length of a name for a task_struct.
 #define TASK_NAME_MAX_LENGTH 100
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ typedef struct task_struct {
 	int error_no;
 
 	/// The current working directory.
-	char cwd[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
 
 	//==== Future work =========================================================
 	// - task's attributes:
diff --git a/mentos/inc/sys/dirent.h b/mentos/inc/sys/dirent.h
index f2581ed..f81fd7a 100644
--- a/mentos/inc/sys/dirent.h
+++ b/mentos/inc/sys/dirent.h
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "stddef.h"
-
-/// The maximum length for a name.
-#define NAME_MAX 30
+#include "limits.h"
 
 /// @brief Contains the entries of a directory.
 typedef struct dirent_t {
diff --git a/mentos/inc/ui/shell/shell.h b/mentos/inc/ui/shell/shell.h
index b6d2015..e51ff1b 100644
--- a/mentos/inc/ui/shell/shell.h
+++ b/mentos/inc/ui/shell/shell.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "stdint.h"
 #include "kernel.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 
 /// Maximum length of credentials.
 #define CREDENTIALS_LENGTH  50
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ typedef struct userenv_t
     char username[CREDENTIALS_LENGTH];
 
     /// The current path.
-    char cur_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+    char cur_path[PATH_MAX];
 
     /// The user identifier.
     unsigned int uid;
diff --git a/mentos/src/fs/fcntl.c b/mentos/src/fs/fcntl.c
index 6a8be48..68e3b80 100644
--- a/mentos/src/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/mentos/src/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 #include "fcntl.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 
 int remove(const char *pathname)
 {
-	char absolute_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	char absolute_path[PATH_MAX];
 	strcpy(absolute_path, pathname);
 	if (pathname[0] != '/') {
 		get_absolute_path(absolute_path);
diff --git a/mentos/src/fs/open.c b/mentos/src/fs/open.c
index 58a3dbc..a8cf3d5 100644
--- a/mentos/src/fs/open.c
+++ b/mentos/src/fs/open.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "syscall.h"
 #include "string.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "stdio.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 int sys_open(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode)
 {
 	// Allocate a variable for the path.
-	char absolute_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	char absolute_path[PATH_MAX];
 
 	// Copy the path to the working variable.
 	strcpy(absolute_path, pathname);
diff --git a/mentos/src/fs/stat.c b/mentos/src/fs/stat.c
index ccedb79..9365317 100644
--- a/mentos/src/fs/stat.c
+++ b/mentos/src/fs/stat.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "stdio.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "initrd.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 
 int sys_stat(const char *path, stat_t *buf)
 {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ int sys_stat(const char *path, stat_t *buf)
     buf->st_mtime = 0;
     buf->st_ctime = 0;
 
-    char absolute_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+    char absolute_path[PATH_MAX];
     strcpy(absolute_path, path);
 
     if (path[0] != '/')
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ int sys_stat(const char *path, stat_t *buf)
 
 int sys_mkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 {
-    char absolute_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+    char absolute_path[PATH_MAX];
     strcpy(absolute_path, path);
     int result = -1;
 
diff --git a/mentos/src/fs/vfs.c b/mentos/src/fs/vfs.c
index a358375..22e1b0c 100644
--- a/mentos/src/fs/vfs.c
+++ b/mentos/src/fs/vfs.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "shell.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "initrd.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 
 int current_fd;
 char *module_start[MAX_MODULES];
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ mountpoint_t *get_mountpoint_from_id(int32_t mp_id)
 
 int get_relative_path(uint32_t mp_id, char *path)
 {
-	char relative_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	char relative_path[PATH_MAX];
 
 	// Get the size of the path.
 	size_t path_size = strlen(path);
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ int get_relative_path(uint32_t mp_id, char *path)
 int get_absolute_path(char *path)
 {
 	if (path[0] != '/') {
-		char abspath[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-		memset(abspath, '\0', MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
-		getcwd(abspath, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+		char abspath[PATH_MAX];
+		memset(abspath, '\0', PATH_MAX);
+		getcwd(abspath, PATH_MAX);
 		int abs_size = strlen(abspath);
 		if (abspath[abs_size - 1] == '/') {
 			strncat(abspath, path, strlen(path));
diff --git a/mentos/src/libc/libgen.c b/mentos/src/libc/libgen.c
index 3625f48..47f2bab 100644
--- a/mentos/src/libc/libgen.c
+++ b/mentos/src/libc/libgen.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "libgen.h"
 #include "string.h"
 #include "initrd.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 
 int parse_path(char *out, char **cur, char sep, size_t max)
 {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ int parse_path(char *out, char **cur, char sep, size_t max)
 
 char *dirname(const char *path)
 {
-	static char s[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	static char s[PATH_MAX];
 
 	static char dot[2] = ".";
 
diff --git a/mentos/src/process/process.c b/mentos/src/process/process.c
index 1f32f5b..4f07c0c 100644
--- a/mentos/src/process/process.c
+++ b/mentos/src/process/process.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ task_struct *create_init_process()
 	// Enable the interrupts.
 	init_proc->thread.eflags = init_proc->thread.eflags | EFLAG_IF;
 	// Clear the current working directory.
-	memset(init_proc->cwd, '\0', MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	memset(init_proc->cwd, '\0', PATH_MAX);
 	// Set the state of the process as running.
 	init_proc->state = TASK_RUNNING;
 	// Active the current process.
diff --git a/mentos/src/sys/dirent.c b/mentos/src/sys/dirent.c
index 9b40f6a..18a851e 100644
--- a/mentos/src/sys/dirent.c
+++ b/mentos/src/sys/dirent.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 DIR *opendir(const char *path)
 {
-	char absolute_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	char absolute_path[PATH_MAX];
 	DIR *pdir = NULL;
 
 	strcpy(absolute_path, path);
diff --git a/mentos/src/sys/unistd.c b/mentos/src/sys/unistd.c
index 91a72f5..fb76d9d 100644
--- a/mentos/src/sys/unistd.c
+++ b/mentos/src/sys/unistd.c
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
 #include "unistd.h"
 
 #include "string.h"
+#include "limits.h"
 #include "stdio.h"
 #include "vfs.h"
 
 int rmdir(const char *path)
 {
-	char absolute_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
+	char absolute_path[PATH_MAX];
 	strcpy(absolute_path, path);
 
 	if (path[0] != '/') {
diff --git a/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_cd.c b/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_cd.c
index 06826e8..a38e5f9 100644
--- a/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_cd.c
+++ b/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_cd.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 void cmd_cd(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	DIR *dirp = NULL;
-	char path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-	memset(path, 0, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	memset(path, 0, PATH_MAX);
 
-	char current_path[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-	getcwd(current_path, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	char current_path[PATH_MAX];
+	getcwd(current_path, PATH_MAX);
 
 	if (argc <= 1) {
 		strcpy(path, "/");
diff --git a/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_ls.c b/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_ls.c
index 8747243..8e10f1d 100644
--- a/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_ls.c
+++ b/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_ls.c
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ void cmd_ls(int argc, char **argv)
 		print_ls(dirp, flags);
 	}
 	if (no_directory) {
-		char cwd[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-		getcwd(cwd, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+		char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+		getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
 		DIR *dirp = opendir(cwd);
 		if (dirp == NULL) {
 			printf("%s: cannot access '%s': %s\n\n", argv[0], cwd, "unknown");
diff --git a/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_pwd.c b/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_pwd.c
index 8fc3d10..73a515e 100644
--- a/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_pwd.c
+++ b/mentos/src/ui/command/cmd_pwd.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ void cmd_pwd(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	(void)argc;
 	(void)argv;
-	char cwd[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-	getcwd(cwd, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
 	printf("%s\n", cwd);
 }
diff --git a/mentos/src/ui/shell/shell.c b/mentos/src/ui/shell/shell.c
index 641dc93..7a0d4c1 100644
--- a/mentos/src/ui/shell/shell.c
+++ b/mentos/src/ui/shell/shell.c
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ static void shell_print_prompt()
 	video_set_color(BRIGHT_BLUE);
 	printf(current_user.username);
 	video_set_color(WHITE);
-	char cwd[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
-	getcwd(cwd, MAX_PATH_LENGTH);
+	char cwd[PATH_MAX];
+	getcwd(cwd, PATH_MAX);
 	printf("~:%s# ", cwd);
 	// Update the lower-bounds for the video.
 	lower_bound_x = video_get_column();