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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Dhrubajyoti Borthakur, San Jose, CA (US);
Nur Premo, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig K. Harmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dhrubajyoti Borthakur, San Jose, CA (US);
Nur Premo, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig K. Harmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for efficient file content searching within a file system. In one embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store data and a file system configured to manage access to the storage device. The file system may be configured to detect a search operation to determine the presence of a given data pattern within a first file stored on the storage device, and to store an indication of the given data pattern and an indication of result data of the search operation in a first record associated with the first file.