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These master system files define the system characteristics that a user at any node in the system can expect to have. The master system files are mounted remotely from each of the nodes of the system and a local copy of the master system files is kept locally reflecting the current contents of the m

These master system files define the system characteristics that a user at any node in the system can expect to have. The master system files are mounted remotely from each of the nodes of the system and a local copy of the master system files is kept locally reflecting the current contents of the master system file. If a master system file is not available, the local copy is used in read only mode until the node containing the master is available. In addition, each user has its own file tree organization that dictates the necessary remote mounts of directories to enable a user logged on to any node to have the same view of the system that would be obtained from any other node in the system by that user.

대표청구항 ▼

A data processing system having a hierarchical file system and connected at a local node to at least one remote node by a communication link, said data processing system comprising: at least one file in the hierarchical file system located in at least one of said at least one remote node; a director

A data processing system having a hierarchical file system and connected at a local node to at least one remote node by a communication link, said data processing system comprising: at least one file in the hierarchical file system located in at least one of said at least one remote node; a directory file in said local node, said directory file having at least one immediate descendent file for which said directory file is a parent file; means for mounting, in the data processing system, the at least one file in said at least one remote node to a local name of the at least one immediate descendent file in said local node, while preserving the contents of the at least one immediate descendent file, said means for mounting causing a path name to be associated with at least one portion of the hierarchical file system; and means for accessing, by an application unaware of the location of the at least one file, contents of the mounted at least one file in said at least one remote node by using said local name.