Patent ID: 8667035
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for converting a filesystem from a first filesystem type to a second filesystem type that is different from the first filesystem type, the method comprising the steps of: generating a list of directories of the first filesystem type in the filesystem to convert; converting each directory in the list to the second filesystem type while maintaining the filesystem in an active state, wherein converting each directory in the list includes converting such directory from a first structure compatible with a first filesystem type to a second structure compatible with a second filesystem type, wherein the step of converting further includes the steps of: creating a data structure associated with the second-type directory, the data structure including a first anchor point that is associated with a parent directory of the directory and a second anchor point associated with a parent directory of the second-type directory such that the data structure is concurrently linked to both the first and second filesystem types.