Identifying objects that are obscured in the visible name space of a file system

An apparatus for identifying objects that are obscured in the visible name space of a file system, the apparatus comprising

• a computer processor;
• a computer memory coupled for data transfer to the processor, the computer memory having disposed within it a file system;
• and
• computer program instructions comprising an obscured object identification engine comprising computer program instructions capable of:
• retrieving a data structure representing a mount in dependence upon a mount ID;
• and
• retrieving a data structure representing a covered object that is obscured in the visible name space in dependence upon the data structure representing a mount.

A computer program product for identifying objects that are obscured in the visible name space of a file system the computer program product disposed upon a signal bearing medium, the computer program product comprising:

• computer program instructions that retrieve a data structure representing a mounted-over object in the visible name space of the file system;
• computer program instructions that retrieve, in dependence upon the data structure representing the mounted-over object, a data structure representing that the mounted-over object is mounted over a covered object that is obscured in the visible name space;
• and
• computer program instructions that retrieve a data structure representing the covered object in dependence upon the data structure representing that the mounted-over object is mounted over the covered object.