From a402b5e3a5cd7d8a68d668b07021528490752621 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandra <aspasparagus@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:10:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mcookie: fix max size option

---
 src/uu/mcookie/src/mcookie.rs | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/mcookie/src/mcookie.rs b/src/uu/mcookie/src/mcookie.rs
index 843f05b..997ca22 100644
--- a/src/uu/mcookie/src/mcookie.rs
+++ b/src/uu/mcookie/src/mcookie.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ mod options {
 const ABOUT: &str = help_about!("mcookie.md");
 const USAGE: &str = help_usage!("mcookie.md");
 
+const RANDOM_BYTES: usize = 128;
+const MAX_DEFAULT: u64 = 4096;
+
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches: clap::ArgMatches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
@@ -43,13 +46,19 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 
     let max_size = if let Some(size_str) = matches.get_one::<String>(options::MAX_SIZE) {
         match Size::parse(size_str) {
-            Ok(size) => Some(size.size_bytes()),
+            Ok(size) => {
+                let mut s = size.size_bytes();
+                if s == 0 {
+                    s = MAX_DEFAULT;
+                }
+                Some(s)
+            }
             Err(_) => {
                 return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "Failed to parse max-size value"));
             }
         }
     } else {
-        None
+        Some(MAX_DEFAULT)
     };
 
     let mut hasher = Md5::new();
@@ -107,7 +116,6 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         hasher.update(&buffer);
     }
 
-    const RANDOM_BYTES: usize = 128;
     let mut rng = rand::rng();
     let mut rand_bytes = [0u8; RANDOM_BYTES];
     rng.fill_bytes(&mut rand_bytes);