US 2014/0237008 A1 · Versioned file system using structured data representations

Abstract

A versioned file system comprises a set of structured data representations. At a first time, an interface creates and exports to a cloud data store a first structured data representation corresponding to a first version of the local file system. The first structured data representation is an XML tree having a root element, one or more directory elements associated with the root element, and one or more file elements associated with a given directory element. Upon a change within the file system, the interface creates and exports a second structured data representation corresponding to a second version of the file system. The second structured data representation differs from the first structured data representation up to and including the root element of the second structured data representation. The interface continues to generate and export the structured data representations to the data store.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions adapted to be executed by a processor associated with a local file system to:

create and send to a cloud-based storage a first XML-based data structure corresponding to a first version of the local file system, wherein the first XML-based data structure corresponds to a complete copy of the first version of the local file system at a first point-in-time;
and
create and send to the cloud-based storage a second XML-based data structure corresponding to a complete copy of the second version of the local file system at a second point-in-time;
wherein each of the first and second XML-based data structures is self-contained in that it includes or points to all data structures and data needed to reconstruct the local file system at a point-in-time.

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Versioned file system using structured data representations

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Versioned file system using structured data representations

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Abstract

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