Directory cache management in a distributed data processing system

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PATENT NO 5151989
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07014889

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An improved directory caching technique is provided for a plurality of data processing systems which are connected together in a network. In the system, when a local, or client, data processing system interrogates a remote, or server, data processing system for a unit of directory information, the server system is enabled to automatically send additional units of pertinent director information back to the client system in response to a subsequent change in the directory structure of the server system. If the server system is unable to continue updating the client system, for any of a plurality of possible reasons, the server system informs the client system of this fact, which enables the client system to purge itself of the formerly stored directory cache entry relative to this path, since the client system can no longer consider this cached path information to be currently correct.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION A CORP OF NEW YORKARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Johnson, Donavon W Georgetown, TX 10 1873
Shaheen-Gouda, Amal A Austin, TX 10 1711
Smith, Todd A Austin, TX 31 2878

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