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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Gregory L. Slaughter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Czarnik, Danville, CA (US);
John Muth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Kai Wong, Saratoga, CA (US);
Andrew Krumel, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory L. Slaughter, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Czarnik, Danville, CA (US);
John Muth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Kai Wong, Saratoga, CA (US);
Andrew Krumel, San Jose, CA (US);
Symantec Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for implementing a global name space service. The method may include receiving a file system unique identifier corresponding to a particular file and a human-readable name corresponding to the same file. The method may further include binding the human-readable name to the file system unique identifier, thereby creating a mapping between the human-readable name and the file system unique identifier. The system may include a processor coupled to a memory and to a global name space service manager. The global name space service manager may be configured to receive a file system unique identifier corresponding to a particular file and a human-readable name corresponding to the same file. The global name space service manager may be further configured to bind the human-readable name to the file system unique identifier, thereby creating a mapping between the human-readable name and the file system unique identifier.