Fast and efficient method for deleting very large files from...

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2011-06-21

2011-06-21

Trujillo, James (Department: 2159)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Garbage collection

Reexamination Certificate

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07966351

ABSTRACT:
In the current invention, a method and apparatus for efficiently deleting large files is described. This is done by having a special inode for pointing to data blocks to be freed, and subsequently freeing the data blocks from the special inode in a controlled manner.

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