Creating a unification directory that unifies a plurality of file system directories

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8812567
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13588360

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Various embodiments of a system and method for creating a unification directory to unify a group of directories are described herein. The system may enable a first directory to be unified with one or more other directories such that when directory operations are performed on the first directory, it appears to them that the first directory includes not only its own files, but also the files of the one or more other directories. This may be accomplished by creating a persistent, re-useable unification directory which includes directory entries corresponding to the names of the files in the first directory and the one or more other directories. The unification directory does not contain complete copies of the files. Instead, the unification directory is used to obtain a listing of the files when needed, and the system then re-directs file operations to the real files in the individual directories as necessary.

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  • SYMANTEC CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Caklovic, Nenad Palo Alto, US 5 53

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