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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 24, 2007
Timothy P. Clark, Rochester, MN (US);
Cory J. Miller, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard M. Theis, Sauk Rapids, MN (US);
Timothy P. Clark, Rochester, MN (US);
Cory J. Miller, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard M. Theis, Sauk Rapids, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for searching for a directory in a file system are disclosed that include selecting, by a word selection module for inclusion in a word list, a word of text whose frequency of occurrence meets a predefined criterion; inserting, by the word selection module into the word list, the selected word; inserting, by an indexing module into a search index, the selected word in association with the directory name; receiving, by a search module from a user, a search request that includes the selected word; and returning, by the search module to the user in dependence upon the search request and the search index, a search result that includes the directory name. The directory is characterized by a directory name and includes computer storage resources, the computer storage resources including words of text, each word of text characterized by a frequency of occurrence among the computer storage resources.