Patent ID: 9020992
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating file archiving, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: establishing a UNIX proxy file system that facilitates file archiving for a UNIX primary file system that does not support file archiving by enabling a Data Management Application Programming Interface (“DMAPI”) for the UNIX proxy file system; identifying a request to archive a file stored in the UNIX primary file system; copying the file to the UNIX proxy file system to enable the UNIX proxy file system to initiate an archiving procedure that archives the file in an archive file system and uses the DMAPI to create a transparent placeholder that references the file in the UNIX proxy file system; replacing the file stored in the UNIX primary file system with a symbolic link that identifies the transparent placeholder created in the UNIX proxy file system, wherein the establishing, identifying, copying, and replacing steps are performed such that when an application initiates a request to access the file: