Patent ID: 7440971
Filing Date: 2008-10-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method in a network having a file system, the method comprising: receiving by the file system a request for a first file from a client; determining by the file system whether the client has opened and is currently using a second file having an identified relationship with the first file based on accessing a data structure distinct from the request and identifying files currently in use by the corresponding client; selectively determining by the file system a version of the second file opened by the client, based on determining the client has opened and is currently using the second file; selectively identifying by the file system one of a plurality of file groups that identifies the determined version of the second file, each file group identifying only one version of each file specified in the corresponding file group, the files identified by said each file group having an identified relationship relative to a corresponding version of a file set; and selectively sending to the client by the file system a version of the first file having been identified in the one identified file group, in response to the request and based on determining the client has opened and is currently using said second file having said identified relationship with the first file.