Patent ID: 8438196
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first request to open a first file that is contained in a file system, wherein detecting whether a layer comprising at least one file comprising the first file extension is activated, wherein modifying the first file system path by adding, to the first file system path, a redirect path component that comprises the identities of the first, third, and fourth directories to the first file system path; receiving a second request to open a second file that is contained in the file system, wherein the second request comprises a second file system path, wherein the second file system path comprises a second file name, and wherein the second file name comprises the second file extension; detecting whether a layer comprising at least one file comprising the second file extension is activated, wherein modifying the second file system path by adding, to the second file system path, a redirect path component that comprises the identities of the second, third, and fourth directories to the second file system path, wherein the modifying the second file system path is performed by a computing device implementing the file system.