Merging file system directories
US8280908B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/192
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Two or more separate physical file system directories are presented as one merged (virtual) file system directory to a process running in a silo. The operating system controls the level of access to the files in the merge directory. The operating system provides the merged view of the file system directories by monitoring file system requests made by processes in silos on a computer or computer system and in response to detecting certain types of file system access requests, provides the view of the seemingly merged directories by performing special processing. The types of requests which trigger the special processing include: enumeration, open, create, rename or close.
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