Patent ID: 7984088
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating an object linked from a first directory from a first implementation of a filesystem and from a second directory from a second implementation of the filesystem that has a different filesystem type from the first implementation, wherein the first and second directories are hierarchically above the object in the first and second implementations of the filesystem, the method comprising the steps of: using at least one hardware-implemented processor, building a data structure associated with the object, the data structure including a first anchor point of the type of the first implementation of the filesystem and referencing the first directory, and a second anchor point of the type of the second implementation of the filesystem and referencing the second directory, concurrently with building the data structure associated with the object, converting the first implementation to the second implementation including activating the second directory and deleting the first directory while maintaining the filesystem in a full operational capacity, and concurrently with converting the first implementation to the second implementation, accessing the first directory from the object using the first anchor point and accessing the second directory from the object using the second anchor point.