Patent ID: 6507849
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer program product that includes a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for accessing a data storage system which includes a filesystem and a directory system, such that the instructions, when carried out by the computer, cause the computer to perform the steps of:obtaining an access instruction which identifies a portion of the data storage system; determining, in response to the obtained access instruction, whether the identified portion of the data storage system is a file of the filesystem or a directory entry of the directory system, and providing a signal indicating whether the identified portion of the data storage system is a file of the filesystem or a directory entry of the directory system; and based on the signal, performing a file access operation to access the identified portion as a file when the identified portion is determined to be a file of the filesystem, and a directory entry access operation to access the identified portion as a directory entry when the identified portion is determined to be a directory entry of the directory system.