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Dynamic symbolic links for computer file systems

  • US 6,321,219 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/1998
  • Issued: 11/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method executed on a programmable computer for managing a file structure of file objects in a file system, the method comprising:

  • defining a rule specifying a desired characteristic for a set of the file objects in the file system;

    designating a point in the file structure as an insertion point;

    persistently associating the rule with the insertion point;

    receiving a file-system request directed to the insertion point;

    constructing a set of dynamic links to the set of the file objects that satisfy the rule; and

    returning the dynamic links in a response to the request.

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