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Method for supporting multiple filesystem implementations

US9104673B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Dennis Steven DeLorme · Rochester, US
Margaret R. Fenlon · Rochester, US
Alan Leon Levering · Rochester, US
Michael John Oberholtzer · Stewartville, US
Jeffrey J. Parker · Rochester, US
Richard Theis · Sauk Rapids, US
Jerry Leroy Von Berge · Byron, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2004
Grant date	Aug 11, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/10
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data structure used by an operating system to refer to a filesystem object includes information that permits the structure to be associated with filesystem objects having different filesystem implementations. The data structure is associated with a filesystem object that is linked into different directories that have different filesystem implementations. Therefore, the data structure includes respective information within it about each different link. As a result, a filesystem object, such as a directory, having one filesystem implementation may be created in or moved to another directory having a different filesystem implementation; or, a file may be linked in multiple directories having different implementations.

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