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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alain Benayoun, Cagnes-sur-mer, FR;
Jacques Fieschi, St-Laurent-du-Var, FR;
Jean-François Le Pennec, Nice, FR;
Patrick Michel, La Gaude, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A file manager (and method) provided for locating a file identified by a path referring to a logical unit and an identifier, includes a table associating the file with a priority list of physical units. The file manager can be incorporated into the controller of peripheral devices in a computer system or an operating system of the computer system.