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File management system incorporating soft link data to access stored objects

  • US 5,832,527 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1996
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A file management system, comprising:

  • disk access means for converting a relative position of a block of a file system into a physical position and accessing data at said physical position in a disk;

    file entity operation means for updating free block data in said file system when creating and deleting a file entity;

    file system manager access means for defining a data structure of said file system using a file system manager and for providing access by said file entity operation means to said file system manager independently of the data structure; and

    a file management table access unit to provide an interface to said file system manager access means, said file management table access unit havingentry operation means for allocating and releasing file management table entries, andentry access means for referring to and updating the file management table entries and for extracting symbolic link data including a path name out of any one of said file management table entries.

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