Patent ID: 9646013
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A specially-configured computer comprising a processor and a file management system, the file management system configured to perform a file copying process, the file copying process including the steps of: reading a first Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) in a header of a parent file, the parent file being an original file, the header of the parent file being a portion of the parent file; generating a second UUID; writing the second UUID to a header of a child file, the child file being a copy of the original file, the header of the child file being a portion of the child file; and forming a lineage record in at least one of the header of the child file and the header of the parent file, the lineage record associating the first UUID and the second UUID, the lineage record thus associating the parent file and the child file without reference to a filename of the parent file or a filename of the child file.