Data processing: software development – installation – and managem – Software program development tool – Translation of code
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2005-09-06
Khatri, Anil (Department: 2193)
Data processing: software development, installation, and managem
Software program development tool
Translation of code
Reexamination Certificate
active
06941547
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for porting applications to different platforms. The apparatus and method use a mapping table function that receives source filenames and directory structures and maps them to filenames and directory structures appropriate for a target platform. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus and method map flexible filenames and directory structures, such as is found with the Unix filesystem, to more restrictive filenames and directory structures, such as is found with the OS/400filesystem. In this way, an application developer may make use of the more flexible filesystem of conventions such as Unix, when developing application files and use the apparatus and method to automatically handle converting these more flexible filenames and directory structures to the more restrictive filenames and directory structures of platforms to which the application is to be ported.
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Glanzman Gerald H.
Khatri Anil
LaBaw Jeffrey S.
Roche Trent J
Yee Duke W.
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