Providing command files with access to data stores that are inaccessible to command line operations
US6681265B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44505
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to the invention, systems and methods are disclosed for allowing command files to access information in a data store. This method consists of executing a first, original command file. A second, temporary command file is then created by a command file generator program. The temporary command file includes one or more commands based upon information from a data store that is accessible only by way of an Application Programming Interface (API). Information from the data store is then used during execution of the temporary command file. The original command file defines the scope of temporary environmental variables for storing information to be retrieved from the data store by a command file generator program and stored in the temporary command file, executes the temporary command file, branches around the operations contained in the body of the original command file which have been performed by the temporary command file, and cleans up the local environment. A command file generator, executed by the original command file generates the temporary command file, accesses information from a data stores through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) associated with the data st…
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