DYNAMICALLY CONVERTING SYMBOLIC LINKS
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1. A file system comprising:
- a Symbolic Link Conversion (“
SCS”
) System coupled to a file system, the file system coupled to a physical storage whereon a symbolic link is stored; and
a Network File System (“
NFS”
) Server Driver coupled to the file system, the NFS server driver operable to communicate with a computer via a protocol.
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Abstract
Technologies, systems and methods for converting symbolic links from one file system format to another. In particular, presented are example technologies that operate in conjunction with NTFS file systems and that determine the need and convert NFS symbolic links to be compatible with NTFS.
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20 Claims
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1. A file system comprising:
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a Symbolic Link Conversion (“
SCS”
) System coupled to a file system, the file system coupled to a physical storage whereon a symbolic link is stored; anda Network File System (“
NFS”
) Server Driver coupled to the file system, the NFS server driver operable to communicate with a computer via a protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A symbolic link conversion (“
- SCS”
) system coupled to a file system wherein the SCS system translates a symbolic link retrieved from a physical storage by the file system responsive to a request from a caller. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
- SCS”
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13. A method for converting a symbolic link comprising:
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reading a file responsive to a request from a caller; determining if the file is a symbolic link file; reading a symbolic link from the symbolic link file; translating the symbolic link into a second format; and returning the symbolic link in the second format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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