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Method for storing a database in extended attributes of a file system

  • US 5,499,358 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1993
  • Issued: 03/12/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for storing a database in extended attributes of a directory entry within a file system comprising the steps of:

  • associating a plurality of extended attributes with a directory entry of a file system, each of said plurality of extended attributes comprising a first field indicating the number of said plurality of extended attributes associated with said directory entry; and

    storing an arbitrary number of records of arbitrary content in each of said plurality of extended attributes associated with said directory entry.

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