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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Dominic B. Giampaolo, Lewiston, ME (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 16/185 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/185 (2019.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a technique for performing an operation on a hierarchy of content. The operation is performed atomically by utilizing a hidden directory in a hidden area of a filesystem namespace. In particular, a number of actions associated with the operation are performed in the hidden area to ensure that the hierarchy of content always appears in a consistent state to users and/or system processes.