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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2005
Malahal R. Naineni, Tigard, OR (US);
Ninad S. Palsule, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alexei Kojenov, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Beaverton, OR (US);
James J. Seeger, Jr., Portland, OR (US);
Malahal R. Naineni, Tigard, OR (US);
Ninad S. Palsule, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alexei Kojenov, San Jose, CA (US);
Venkateswararao Jujjuri, Beaverton, OR (US);
James J. Seeger, Jr., Portland, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
File system objects of unknown type are backed up and restored. A list of file system objects is received from a file system. The file system objects are to be backed up. For each file system object that has a file type that is unknown, the following is performed. First, the file system is queried to obtain information regarding the file system object that is sufficient for the file system to later recreate the file system object if necessary. Second, the file system object and the information regarding the file system object are stored. Examples of file system object types of the file system that may be unknown to an application running on a Microsoft Windows® operating system include symbolic links, named pipes, and special device files.