Archiving tool
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsVictor S. Chan, Shirley S. Chiang, David K. Stokes, Leonard W. Theivendra
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Abstract
This invention discloses a system and method for archiving files in an archive file that provides customized entry names for the archived files. The system and method comprise: receiving into a memory a byte representation of a file from an archive file and an entry name of the file from the archive file; and creating a meta-object for the file including the byte representation of the file and the entry name of the file.
Claims10
An archiving tool computer product for use with a virtual machine, said virtual machine having an environment variable defining locations for resources, said archiving tool computer product comprising:
- input means for receiving into a memory a byte representation of a file from an archive file and an entry name of the file from the archive file;
- means for creating a meta-object for the file including the byte representation of the file and the entry name of the file;
- means for selectively customizing said entry name of the file, said customized entry name being location independent of the locations defined by the environment variable of said virtual machine;
- archiving means for storing the byte representation of the file from the meta-object for the file;
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- means for providing access to said stored byte representation of the file to said virtual machine subsequent to initialization of said virtual machine and said environment variable.
A method for archiving for use with a virtual machine, said virtual machine having an environment variable defining locations for resources, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving into a memory a byte representation of a file from an archive file and an entry name of the file from the archive file;
- creating a meta-object for the file including the byte representation of the file and the entry name of the file;
- selectively customizing said entry name of the file, said customized entry name being location independent of the locations defined by the environment variable of said vitual machine;
- storing the byte representation of the file from the meta-object for the file;
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- providing access to said stored byte representation of the file to said virtual machine subsequent to initialization of said virtual machine and said environment variable.
A method for creating an archive file for use with a virtual machine, said virtual machine having an environment variable defining locations for resources, said method comprising the steps of:
- reading a meta-object from a memory, said meta-object representing a file having an entry name;
- converting said meta-object for the file for storage in said archive file;
- selectively customizing said entry name of the file, said customized entry name being location independent of the locations defined by the environment variable of said virtual machine;
- storing the file having said customized entry name and represented by said converted meta-object in said archive file;
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- providing access to said file to said virtual machine subsequent to initialization of said virtual machine and said environment variable.
A program storage device readable by a data processing system, tangibly embodying a program of instructions, executable by said data processing system to perform a method for archiving for use with a virtual machine, said virtual machine having an environment variable defining locations for resources, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving into a memory a byte representation of a file from an archive file and an entry name of the file from the archive file;
- creating a meta-object for the file including the byte representation of the file and the entry name of the file;
- selectively customizing said entry name of the file, said customized entry name being location independent of the locations defined by the environment variable of said virtual machine;
- storing the byte representation of the file from the meta-object for the file;
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- providing access to said stored byte representation of the file to said virtual machine subsequent to initialization of said virtual machine and said environment variable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.