Patent ID: 6480864
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for creating a directory structure for a flash file system, the flash file system having one or more flash cards with files on them, said files each having a name field with an absolute path name, the method comprising:accessing the name fields of each of the files in one or more of the flash cards of the flash file system during initialization of flash file system; building a directory having tree structure using the absolute path names in the name fields; and storing said directory in RAM, wherein said tree structure includes a plurality of nodes, each of said nodes containing a parent field and one or more child fields, said parent field containing a pointer to a parent node if the node has a parent, said one or more child fields containing pointers to child nodes if the node has one or more children, and said one or more child fields containing a pointer to a file on a flash card if the node has no children.