Method, system, and program for accessing files in a file system
US6915302B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99943
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for processing an input file in a file system, wherein the input file has an input file name. A function is applied to map the input file name to a value. A data structure is processed to determine whether there is a preexisting file in the file system having a name that maps, according to the function, to the same value to which the input file name maps. Two files that map to a same value according to the function are capable of having a same name.
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