Patent ID: 8762330

Claim:
A method implemented in a media library management system, the method comprising: in a system having a computer processor and a memory coupled to the computer processor, the processor being coupled to a media library: the computer processor executing a media library management application; issuing a filesystem mount command to an operating system of the computer processor, thereby initiating an asynchronous filesystem mount operation that completes in an unknown amount of time and without providing notification of completion; communicating diagnostic information generated by the operating system for the asynchronous filesystem mount operation to the media library management application; the media library management application inhibiting commands that are dependent upon completion of the asynchronous filesystem mount operation until the asynchronous filesystem mount operation is complete; the media library management application determining from the received diagnostic information that the asynchronous filesystem mount operation is complete; and the media library management application issuing one or more of the commands that are dependent upon completion of the asynchronous filesystem mount operation in response to determining that the asynchronous filesystem mount operation is complete.