Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Patent
1996-12-02
1999-02-09
Black, Thomas G.
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
707200, G06F 1730
Patent
active
058707344
ABSTRACT:
A file system uses a virtual node architecture to create a three-dimensional directory. A virtual node is created for each file and directory. Selected directory nodes can be linked together to create a stack. Only the top directory in each stack is normally accessible and appears to contain a union of all files and subdirectories contained in the stack. A look-up procedure is used to find a specified file or directory name by sequentially searching the stack beginning with the top directory node and returning the node corresponding to the first occurrence of the name encountered in the search. The virtual node architecture allows the present system to accommodate diverse file systems by permitting each node to designate an individual physical file storage system. The present system can also copy files and directory nodes contained in one stack node to another stack node for the purposes of file back-up or caching.
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Black Thomas G.
Choules Jack M.
Hewlett--Packard Company
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