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WO2000079384A3
WO2000079384A3 PCT/US2000/040197 US0040197W WO0079384A3 WO 2000079384 A3 WO2000079384 A3 WO 2000079384A3 US 0040197 W US0040197 W US 0040197W WO 0079384 A3 WO0079384 A3 WO 0079384A3
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storage media
rename
directory
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William E Sobel
Mark Kennedy
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Symantec Corp
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Publication of WO2000079384A3 publication Critical patent/WO2000079384A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F9/00—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units
    • G06F9/06—Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units using stored programs, i.e. using an internal store of processing equipment to receive or retain programs
    • G06F9/46—Multiprogramming arrangements
    • G06F9/52—Program synchronisation; Mutual exclusion, e.g. by means of semaphores
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
    • G06F16/10—File systems; File servers
    • G06F16/17—Details of further file system functions
    • G06F16/176—Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
    • G06F16/1767—Concurrency control, e.g. optimistic or pessimistic approaches

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Abstract

A file stored on a storage media can be updated even while it is being accessed by an application and without requiring a reboot. In one embodiment of the invention a file stored on a storage media, having a file name listed in a directory, is updated by placing an updated version of the file on the storage media. A listing for the updated version of the file is added to the directory under a temporary name. The original file name listed in the directory is changed to a different name, and the temporary name is changed to the former name of the original file.
PCT/US2000/040197 1999-06-18 2000-06-15 Method and apparatus to rename open files WO2000079384A2 (en)

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EP00960105A EP1194841A2 (en) 1999-06-18 2000-06-15 Method and apparatus to rename open files
CA002375517A CA2375517A1 (en) 1999-06-18 2000-06-15 Method and apparatus to rename open files

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US33664099A 1999-06-18 1999-06-18
US09/336,640 1999-06-18

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US6560614B1 (en) 1999-11-12 2003-05-06 Xosoft Inc. Nonintrusive update of files
US8619054B2 (en) 2006-05-31 2013-12-31 Atmel Corporation Two dimensional position sensor

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US5513351A (en) * 1994-07-28 1996-04-30 International Business Machines Corporation Protecting a system during system maintenance by usage of temporary filenames in an alias table
WO1996018947A1 (en) * 1994-12-13 1996-06-20 Novell, Inc. Method and apparatus to update or change a network directory
EP0738980A2 (en) * 1995-04-17 1996-10-23 International Business Machines Corporation Data conversion in a multiprocessing system usable while maintaining system operations
WO1997014091A1 (en) * 1995-10-12 1997-04-17 International Business Machines Corporation Object-oriented method maintenance mechanism that does not require cessation of the computer system

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5513351A (en) * 1994-07-28 1996-04-30 International Business Machines Corporation Protecting a system during system maintenance by usage of temporary filenames in an alias table
WO1996018947A1 (en) * 1994-12-13 1996-06-20 Novell, Inc. Method and apparatus to update or change a network directory
EP0738980A2 (en) * 1995-04-17 1996-10-23 International Business Machines Corporation Data conversion in a multiprocessing system usable while maintaining system operations
WO1997014091A1 (en) * 1995-10-12 1997-04-17 International Business Machines Corporation Object-oriented method maintenance mechanism that does not require cessation of the computer system

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