Patent ID: 6594675
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for accessing an application program, comprising:receiving a request for a file, wherein the request includes a pathname, wherein the pathname includes at least one directory name and the file name; processing the pathname to determine whether the request.is for one of: (i) a file on a storage device and (ii) an operation for the application program to perform; transmitting the request to a first file system if the request is for a file on the storage device; transmitting the request to a second file system if the request is for the operation for the application program to perform; processing, with the second file system, the file request to generate a control message for the application program after determining that the request is for the application program; and passing the control message to the application program to cause the application program to perform an operation.