System and method for tracking modified files in a file system

Details System and method for tracking modified files in a file system System and method for tracking modified files in a file system

2006-01-03

2006-01-03

Robinson, Greta (Department: 2167)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

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06983296

ABSTRACT:
A technique keeps track of files that have been modified on a filer server by identifying full pathnames of files that have been modified and maintaining a listing of those pathnames for processing by the file server. The technique is illustratively-implemented by a plurality of processes executing in a file access protocol code layer of a file server embodied as a multi-protocol filer. The processes are configured to identify modified files, load the identified pathnames of the modified files onto a temporary storage element or data structure and maintain those pathnames on the data structure for a predetermined time. Thereafter, the files associated with those pathnames may be processed by a function of the filer.

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