Patent ID: 8661011

Claim:
A machine implemented method, comprising: receiving a first path request from a platform application that was built to operate on a first operating system, the first path request comprising a first complete path for a requested file in a first file system having a first path structure that is characteristic of the first operating system, wherein the first file system comprises a plurality of dynamic volumes; performing a path element analysis on the first path request, wherein the path element analysis provides a second complete path for the platform application, the second complete path pointing to the requested file in a second file system having a second path structure that is characteristic of a second operating system, the first and second operating systems being different operating systems, and performing the path element analysis includes extracting a scheme designator from the first complete path and selecting one of the plurality of dynamic volumes based on the scheme designator to provide the second complete path; and based on the second complete path, displaying an open file window, wherein the open file window prohibits a user from navigating to a third complete path having a first base directory component that matches a second base directory component of the first complete path.