Method of, system for, and computer program product for providing a user interface for configuring connections between a local workstation file system and a remote host file system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorGary I. Mazo
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Abstract
A user interface for configuring connections from a local workstation between a file system residing on the local workstation and a file system residing on a remote host system. The interface provides for such configuration by allowing the user to specify the host system, specify a host directory path within the host file system, and specify a mapping between a file within the host directory path on the host file system and a file on the local file system. After such configuration, the user may access the host file system file in the same manner as a local file system file.
Claims24
A method of providing a user interface for configuring connections from a local workstation between a file system residing on the local workstation and a file system residing on a remote host system, said method comprising the steps of:
- specifying the host system;
- specifying a host directory path within the host file system;
- specifying a mapping between a file within the host directory path on the host file system and a file on the local file system;
- and
- accessing the host file system file in the same manner as a local file system file.
An article of manufacture for use in a computer system for configuring connections from a local workstation between a file system residing on the local workstation and a file system residing on a remote host system, said article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program embodied in said medium which causes the computer system to execute the method steps comprising:
- specifying the host system;
- specifying a host directory path within the host file system;
- specifying a mapping between a file within the host directory path on the host file system and a file on the local file system;
- and
- accessing the host file system file in the same manner as a local file system file.
A distributed computer system for providing a user interface for configuring connections from a local workstation between a file system residing on the local workstation and a file system residing on a remote host system, said distributed computer system comprising:
- a user interface for specifying the host system;
- a user interface for specifying a host directory path within the host file system;
- specifying a mapping between a file within the host directory path on the host file system and a file on the local file system;
- and
- a file access method for accessing the host file system file in the same manner as a local file system file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.