Command line interpreter for accessing a data object stored in a distributed storage network

A user device for retrieving a data object, wherein the data object is stored in a distributed storage network (DSN) memory, comprises:

• a DSN interface that is operably coupled to interface with the DSN memory;
• a DS processing module coupled to the DSN interface and is operable for storing and retrieving the data object from the DSN memory by:
• assigning an address to the data object from a virtual DSN address space associated with the user device;
• partitioning the data object into a plurality of data segments;
• generating a plurality of encoded data slices based on an error encoding dispersal function;
• assigning a slice name to each of the plurality of encoded data slices, wherein the slice name includes a vault identifier that identifies the virtual DSN address space associated with the user device;
• retrieving the data object from the DSN memory by retrieving at least a number T of the plurality of encoded data slices for the data segments from the DSN memory, wherein the number T corresponds to a number of the plurality of encoded data slices needed to reconstruct the data segments based on the error encoding dispersal storage function and is less than a total number of the plurality of encoded data slices;
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• reconstructing the data object from at least the number T of the plurality of encoded data slices;
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• a command line interpreter operating in the user device operable to:
• interpret a file command to display the data object, wherein the file command includes a file name of the data object;
• determine an application program to process the data object based on the file command;
• determine the data object is stored in the DSN memory based on the file name;
• request the DSN processing module to retrieve the data object from the DSN memory and provide the data object to the application program;
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• request the application program to receive the data object and process the data object for display.

A user device for displaying a data object, wherein the data object is stored in a distributed storage network (DSN) memory, comprises:

• a DSN interface that is operably coupled to interface with the DSN memory;
• a DS processing module coupled to the DSN interface and is operable for storing and retrieving the data object from the DSN memory by:
• partitioning the data object into a plurality of data segments;
• for each of the plurality of data segments in the DSN memory, generating a plurality of encoded data slices based on an error encoding dispersal function;
• assigning a slice name to each of the plurality of encoded data slices, wherein the slice name includes a vault identifier that identifies a virtual DSN address space associated with the user device and storing the plurality of encoded data slices in the DSN memory;
• retrieving the data object from the DSN memory by retrieving at least a number T of the plurality of encoded data slices for the data segments from the DSN memory, wherein the number T corresponds to a number of the plurality of encoded data slices needed to reconstruct the data segments based on the error encoding dispersal storage function and is less than a total number of the plurality of encoded data slices;
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• reconstructing the data object from at least the number T of the plurality of encoded data slices;
• a command line interpreter operable to interpret a file command to display the data object, wherein the file command includes a file name of the data object;
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• an application program operating in the user device that is operable to:
• receive the file name of the data object from the command line interface;
• determine the data object is stored in the DSN memory based on the file name;
• request the DSN processing module to retrieve the data object from the DSN memory;
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• process the data object for display.