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Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sasikanth Eda, Pune, IN;

Dean Hildebrand, Bellingham, WA (US);

Ashutosh V. Mate, Pune, IN;

Varun Mittal, Zirakpur, IN;

William W. Owen, Tucson, AZ (US);

Sandeep R. Patil, Pune, IN;

Smita J. Raut, Pune, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01); G06F 16/1827 (2019.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A processor may identify a first directory in the UFO storage system. The first directory may include one or more subdirectories in one or more levels under the first directory. The one or more subdirectories may include a second directory that has includes one or more objects. The first directory may be associated with a first inode, and the second directory may be associated with a second inode. The processor may perform a stat call on the second directory to determine metadata attributes for the one or more objects that are stored in the second directory. The metadata attributes for the one or more objects may be stored in the second inode. The processor may add the metadata attributes for the one or more objects to the first inode.


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