Patent ID: 8732220
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of controlling access to all files of a file system, comprising using a processor of a computer to perform: responsive to invocation of each of a plurality of applications for execution by any particular one of a plurality of users of a file system, automatically creating, by a file system access layer that controls all access to all files of the file system, a user-specific and application-specific file system view for each of the invoked applications; automatically adding to the file system view, by the file system access layer, a copy of all files created by or changed by each of the invoked applications as the each application executes on behalf of the particular user, wherein for each of the invoked applications: upon completion of each of the executed applications invoked by the particular user, persisting the created file system view created therefor, such that the automatically-added copy of each of the changed or created files is available for a next execution of the completed application by the particular user through use of the persisted file system view.