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System and method for creating multiple files from a single source file

  • US 6,594,674 B1
  • Filed: 06/27/2000
  • Issued: 07/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:

  • creating a first data file containing a plurality of data portions;

    writing the first data file to a non-volatile medium in response to a request to a file system; and

    individually storing descriptive information for each of the plurality of data portions in an information store associated with the non-volatile medium, the descriptive information for each particular data portion including attribute information for the particular data portion that identifies the data portion as a separate data file such that each data portion may be treated as a separate file by programs that provide file-directed requests to the file system.

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