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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Grzegorz Majka, Cracow, PL;
Artur Obrzut, Cracow, PL;
Ryszard Olkusnik, Cracow, PL;
Jacek Stezowski, Cracow, PL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A file discovery method, comprising receiving file discovery data comprising, for each of a plurality of files, discovery information and signature data, the discovery information for a first file of the plurality of files being indicative of at least one directory to be scanned for another of the plurality of files relative to a first directory, scanning, in a first scanning operation, a file system for the first file, and scanning, in a second scanning operation subsequent to the first scanning operation, the at least one directory for a second file matching signature data comprised by the file discovery data using a path to the first file as the first directory.