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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsScott J. Broussard, Ying Liu, Eduardo N. Spring
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A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are presented for a meta-archive information server that provides a set of operations or services for obtaining information from a meta-archive; these operations may include dynamic indexing, searching, comparing, or other operations. A meta-archive is a set of one or more archive files that are logically grouped in (or otherwise associated with) a container object, e.g., a file system folder, a directory, or another archive file. By allowing a user to derive sets of information from an entire meta-archive, a user can maintain more files within archives, thereby reducing file system disorganization. The meta-archive information server can be easily run over a specific meta-archive when necessary, thereby generating information dynamically, even if the archive files within a meta-archive change over time.
A method for processing information from a set of archive files, the method comprising:
An apparatus for processing information from a set of archive files, the apparatus comprising a processor, a data bus coupled to the processor, and a memory coupled to the processor through the data bus for storing computer readable code to be processed by the processor for:
A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium for use in a data processing system for processing information from a set of archive files, the computer program product comprising:
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