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US 6,192,375 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for managing files in a storage medium
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMark T. Gross
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Abstract
A method for managing a storage medium includes searching the storage medium for a first file having a reference to a second file that has moved to a new location on the storage medium. The reference is updated such that it indicates that the second file has moved to the new location.
Claims25
A method for managing a storage medium, comprising:
- searching the storage medium for a first file containing one of executable code and data, the first file also having a reference included within the first file to a second file containing one of executable code and data, the second file having moved to a new location on the storage medium, wherein the reference is a search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file resides;
- and
- updating the reference included in the first file such that it indicates that the second file has moved to the new location, wherein the updated reference is a new search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file has moved.
A computer-readable medium having a sequence of instructions stored thereon, the sequence of instructions, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
- searching a storage medium for a first file containing one of executable code and data, the first file also having a reference included within the first file to a second file containing one of executable code and data, the second file having moved to a new location on the storage medium, wherein the reference is a search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file resides;
- and
- updating the reference included in the first file such that it indicates that the second file has moved to the new location, wherein the updated reference is a new search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file has moved.
A storage medium manager, comprising:
- a dependency search unit that searches a storage medium for a first file containing one of executable code and data, the first file also having a reference included within the first file to a specified second file containing one of executable code and data, wherein the reference is a search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file resides;
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- an updating unit, coupled to the dependency search unit, that updates the reference included in the first file to the specified second file, wherein the updated reference is a new search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file has moved.
A computer system, comprising:
- a bus;
- a processor coupled to the bus;
- a storage medium coupled to the bus;
- a storage medium manager, coupled to the bus, that includes a dependency search unit that searches the storage medium for a first file containing one of executable code and data, the first file also having a reference included within the first file to a specified second file containing one of executable code and data, wherein the reference is a search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file resides, and an updating unit, coupled to the dependency search unit, that updates the reference included in the first file to the specified second file, wherein the updated reference is a new search path to a location on the storage medium where the second file has moved.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.