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A method and apparatus for locating and for maintaining the locations of files within a directory tree structure. A file location request is received from a program module and a response is generated containing a file location identifying the location of one or more files within a directory tree str

A method and apparatus for locating and for maintaining the locations of files within a directory tree structure. A file location request is received from a program module and a response is generated containing a file location identifying the location of one or more files within a directory tree structure. The file location request contains search criteria that identifies at least one file. If the file location of the component file has changed or has never been searched, then an attempt is made to locate the file and the new file location is returned. All file locations are stored in a file location cache so that subsequent searches can be minimized. When either the search criteria does not exist in the file location cache or the directory originally containing the sought file has been modified, the requested file location is searched for and the file location cache is updated.

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1. A method for determining a file location of a component file accessed by a program module, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving a component file location request for a component file that is being accessed by a program module, said component file location request including criteria identifying t

1. A method for determining a file location of a component file accessed by a program module, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving a component file location request for a component file that is being accessed by a program module, said component file location request including criteria identifying the component file; (b) comparing the criteria included in the component file location request to at least one search record in a file location cache, the file location cache including a plurality of search records, wherein each of the search records includes search criteria and component file location; (c) in response to a match between the criteria of the file location request and the search criteria of at least one search record, determining a modification status for a directory tree folder referenced in the component file location included in said at least one search record; and (d) in response to a determination that the modification status is unchanged, returning the component file location included in said at least one search record as a valid file location for the component file that was requested.