Patent ID: 6108285
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system comprising:magnetic storage media;a write once, read mostly (WORM) volume, further comprising:a plurality of data file areas located on said WORM volume, each of said plurality of data file areas containing a plurality of data files;a plurality of file directory groups located on said WORM volume, each of said plurality of file directory groups comprising a path name and a plurality of file directory blocks, each of said plurality of file directory blocks containing a plurality of file directory entries containing location information regarding selected data files; anda path volume reference (PVR) table stored within said magnetic storage media, said path volume reference (PVR) table including a path volume reference (PVR) record for each path for buffering a plurality of file directory entries until a file directory block is created and written to a file directory group on said WORM volume, an address for a next file directory group to be written and an address for a previous file directory group, if any, wherein all file directory groups within a path are chained.