Patent ID: 8898167
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing files in an electronic device, the method comprising: setting up a Random Access Memory (RAM) disk, said Random Access Memory (RAM) disk comprising a file system root of said electronic device; discovering at least one file system to be mounted in said electronic device; establishing mount points on said Random Access Memory (RAM) disk for each said file system; assigning drive identifiers for each said file system; detecting a file access request for a specified file comprising a first file name path and a drive identifier; parsing the first file name path and determining whether the drive identifier is present; extracting the drive identifier; mapping said drive identifier to a mount point and to a list of logical drive identifiers; identifying each of the logical drive identifiers in the list to determine whether any of said logical drive identifiers provide a location of the specified file; forming a second file name path based on said mount point and said first file name path; accessing the specified file using said second file name path in said electronic device; determining the specified file is stored in one of the logical drive identifiers; replacing the drive identifier with the logical drive identifier that stored the specified file responsive to the specified file being identified in one of the logical drive identifiers; checking at least one logical drive for presence of at least a first predefined directory; forming at least one file search path comprising an entry for each logical drive on which said first predefined directory was present; and storing said at least one file search path to at least one environment variable comprising at least one of program directories on each logical drive and library directories on each logical drive.