Patent ID: 9183208
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing access to a fileshot of a file through an interactive directory interface of a file structure tree, comprising: generating a fileshot comprising backup data for a file that is accessible through an operating system directory interface; creating fileshot metadata for the file, the fileshot metadata comprising an inode number reference for an inode file of a stream directory, the inode file comprising access information for the fileshot; storing the fileshot within a hidden stream of the stream directory that is not accessible through the operating system directory interface, the hidden stream comprising the fileshot, the stream directory comprising a plurality of hidden streams associated with a plurality of fileshots for the file; creating a link between the stream directory and the file, the link establishing a backup association between the fileshot within the hidden stream of the stream directory and the file, the link providing access between the file and the fileshot; displaying, through the interactive directory interface, the file structure tree corresponding to the stream directory, the file structure tree comprising the file and the stream directory; displaying the file, the plurality of hidden streams and the plurality of fileshots through the file structure tree, the interactive directory interface exposing open, modify, or restore fileshot command functionality, the fileshot displayed through the file structure tree, as being associated with the file, using the link; and responsive to receiving an open fileshot command through the interactive directory interface, providing, through the file structure tree, access to the fileshot, comprised within the hidden stream, using the access information within the inode file.