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Storage manager for computer system

  • US 5,857,207 A
  • Filed: 04/21/1998
  • Issued: 01/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of managing a data structure for the revision of a work, said data structure supporting a plurality of versions of said work and further supporting the association of a name with each of said versions, comprising the steps of:

  • preparing a first version of said work in said data structure;

    associating a predefined name with said first version;

    preparing a second version of said work in said data structure; and

    in response to a call to a set-name procedure for said second version with said predefined name and an identification of said first version, performing the further steps of;

    (a) determining whether said predefined name is still assigned to said first version;

    (b) and if so, then moving said predefined name from said first version to said second version,said set-name procedure preventing interruptions between said step of determining and said step of moving, by any procedure which modifies the association of names with said first or second versions.

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