US 7,003,721 B1 · Safe save method of HTML files using recovery files including a list with temporary and final names for replacement files

Abstract

A computer-implemented process for replacing old files having old names on a permanent storage medium with new files in volatile memory. Some of these files may be opaque files, which are old files that have become new files without undergoing any changes, other than possibly name changes. The primary steps of this replacement can include first saving the non-opaque new files onto the permanent storage medium and assigning them temporary filenames. An opaque recovery file listing the old name and a temporary name for each opaque file is created. A primary recovery file listing the temporary name and a final name for each new file is created. After the names of the opaque files are changed to their temporary names, the names of the non-opaque old files are changed from their old names to backup names. Then, the names of the new files are changed from their temporary names to their final names. The recovery files and the old files can be deleted. If an event leaves the program performing the primary steps in control but unable to complete the replacement, then the old files can be restored to the permanent storage medium. If an event prevents completion of either a replacement attempt or a restoration of the old files, completion of the replacement can again be attempted at a later time using the recovery files. The described processes can be applied to saving HTML documents, each of which typically includes multiple files.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for completing a file save operation by replacing original files with replacement files, comprising the steps:

initiating the file save operation in response to creating the replacement files, wherein the replacement files comprise a main file in which at least one additional file is embedded;
assigning a temporary name to each replacement file;
saving the replacement files, each having a corresponding temporary name, from a volatile memory onto a permanent storage medium;
creating a recovery file comprising information useful for replacing the original files with the replacement files in the event of a catastrophic failure that interrupts the file save operation;
and
replacing the temporary name of each replacement file with a corresponding final name to complete the file save operation, wherein the information of the recovery file comprises a list defining the temporary name and the final name for each replacement file, and wherein the method further comprises the steps:
determining whether a catastrophic failure of the file save operation has occurred;
if a catastrophic failure is detected, then determining if a present file name of one of the replacement files is identical to the corresponding final name listed in the recovery file;
and
if the present file name is not identical to the final name, then replacing the present filename of the replacement file with the final name listed in the recovery file.

7 more elements

A computer-implemented method for completing a file save operation by replacing old files with new files, the old files assigned old names and comprising opaque files and non-opaque old files, the new file assigned final names and comprising the opaque files and non-opaque new files, wherein each opaque file represents static content of one of the old files and one of the new files, the method comprising the steps:

initiating the file save operation by creating the new files;
assigning a temporary name to the opaque files and to the non-opaque files for each new file;
saving the non-opaque new files onto the permanent storage medium, each of the non-opaque new files having a corresponding temporary name;
creating an opaque recovery file comprising information listing the old name and the temporary name for each opaque file, the information of the opaque recovery file useful for supporting replacement of the old files with the new files in the event of a catastrophic failure of the file save operation;
creating a primary recovery file comprising information listing the temporary name and the final name of the opaque files and the non-opaque new files for each new file, the information of the primary recovery file useful for supporting replacement of the old files with the new files in the event of a catastrophic failure of the file save operation;
replacing the old names of the opaque files with the temporary names;
replacing the old names of the non-opaque old files with backup names to support a restoration of the assignment of the old name to the non-opaque old file in the event of a non-catastrophic failure preventing completion of the file save operation;
and
replacing the temporary names of the opaque files and the non-opaque new files with the final names for the new files to complete the file save operation.

6 more elements

A computer-implemented method for recovering from an interrupted file save operation by using a primary recovery file to continue an attempt to replace old files with new files, the primary recovery file comprising information listing a temporary name and a final name for each new file, comprising the steps:

determining if a catastrophic failure of the file save operation has occurred during an attempt to replace the old files with the new files, wherein the old files comprise a primary HTML file and one or more embedded files;
if a catastrophic failure of the file save operation has occurred, then determining whether the temporary name for one of the new files has been changed to a present file name identical to the final name listed in the primary recovery file for the new file,
if the present file name of the new file is not identical to the final name, then changing the present file name of the new file to the final name.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Safe save method of HTML files using recovery files including a list with temporary and final names for replacement files

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Safe save method of HTML files using recovery files including a list with temporary and final names for replacement files

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