Patent ReferencesSoftware version management system System and method for accessing remote files in a distributed networking environment Single system image uniquely defining an environment for each user in a data processing system File management system for permitting user access to files in a distributed file system based on linkage relation information Distributed security auditing subsystem for an operating system Method and apparatus for searching database component files to retrieve information from modified files Directory cache management in a distributed data processing system Distributed file access structure lock Method and apparatus for the naming of database component files to avoid duplication of files Patent #: 5202982 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 636310 filed on 01/02/1991US Classes:711/202, Address mapping (e.g., conversion, translation)707/204, Archiving or backup711/216HashingExaminersPrimary: Dixon, Joseph L.Assistant: Whitfield, Michael A. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 012/00G06F 007/00 G06F 015/40 AbstractA facility is provided for locating a file in a backup memory, in which each of the components forming a hierarchical pathname identifying the file is converted into a unique identity using a minimum of bytes, and in which the location of the file in backup memory is determined as a function of each such identity rather than the component names forming the hierarchical pathname.Other References
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