Patent ID: 7904437
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: memory; and processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor performs: (i) determining that an archive that includes at least one file is present in association with an operating system file system; (ii) generating an additional file system for accessing the archive; (iii) including the generated additional file system as a kernel module of a plurality of kernel modules in the operating system file system; and (iv) allowing an application to access the at least one file via the generated additional file system, wherein if the generated additional file system is mounted, an operating system loader loads executable modules from the archive directly into memory and executes the executable modules, wherein compression and decompression modules corresponding to the archive are stored outside the operating system file system, and wherein the operating system file system includes other files systems besides the additional file system, wherein the additional file system is a virtual archives file system, wherein the processor further performs: