Method and system for shadowing file system structures from mult

Details Method and system for shadowing file system structures from mult Method and system for shadowing file system structures from mult

1997-02-26

1998-02-24

Black, Thomas G.

395608, 395610, 395618, 395620, 39520003, 39520008, 39520009, G06F 15163

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ABSTRACT:
A method and system for showing file system structures on a computer system that can be connected to multiple types of networks. The file shadowing mechanism automatically and transparently stores shadow copies of remote file system structures when they are accessed by a computer. The shadow copies of the file system structures are stored within a shadow database that resides within local memory of the computer. When the computer becomes disconnected from a network, shadow copies of file system structures for the network are used to service requests to access such file system structures.

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