System and Method for Remote File Search Integrated with Network Installable File System
First Claim
1. A computer-implementable method comprising:
- accessing, via a searching system, a remote file system application program interface (API), the remote file system API enabling passing of a file system path and search criteria regular expression values and receiving of search results;
performing a search on a mapped remote drive using the remote file system API, the mapped remote drive receiving the file system path and search criteria via the remote file system API; and
returning the search results to the searching system via the remote file system API.
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Abstract
A remote file system application program interface (API) for a remote file system installable file system (IFS) and operating system file system. The remote file system API enables a file content searching program that performs a search on a mapped remote drive to pass the file system path to search and the search criteria regular expression pattern to the remote system for searching and the results are returned to the client system in an IO stream. Such an application program interface is useful in the area of network file systems, network mapped drives, and file content searching programs such as a global regular expression processor (grep).
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implementable method comprising:
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accessing, via a searching system, a remote file system application program interface (API), the remote file system API enabling passing of a file system path and search criteria regular expression values and receiving of search results; performing a search on a mapped remote drive using the remote file system API, the mapped remote drive receiving the file system path and search criteria via the remote file system API; and returning the search results to the searching system via the remote file system API. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a processor; a data bus coupled to the processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer-usable medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for; accessing, via a searching system, a remote file system application program interface (API), the remote file system API enabling passing of a file system path and search criteria regular expression values and receiving of search results; performing a search on a mapped remote drive using the remote file system API, the mapped remote drive receiving the file system path and search criteria via the remote file system API; and
,returning the search results to the searching system via the remote file system API. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
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accessing, via a searching system, a remote file system application program interface (API), the remote file system API enabling passing of a file system path and search criteria regular expression values and receiving of search results; performing a search on a mapped remote drive using the remote file system API, the mapped remote drive receiving the file system path and search criteria via the remote file system API; and returning the search results to the searching system via the remote file system API. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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