Method of graphical display of hierarchical hardlinks to files in a file system

摘要

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for graphical display of hierarchical hardlinks to files in a file system that includes identifying multiple hardlinks for a file, wherein a hardlink comprises a link to a file directly mapping the file into a namespace; displaying relationships among the multiple hardlinks and the file; and providing an option to modify the hardlinks to the file via a button, including: following a pointer from the file having multiple hardlinks to a list of hardlinks to the file by following a Master Hardlink Pointer which is contained in the file and provides a pointer to the hardlink list for the file.

主权项

1. A method of graphical display of hardlinks to files in a file system, the method comprising:
identifying hardlinks to a file, wherein each of the hardlinks to the file comprises a file system data object including a field representing a link to the file directly mapping the file into a namespace of the file system and a field representing a link to another hardlink pointing to the file, and wherein identifying the hardlinks to the file includes:
following a pointer from the file to a master hardlink of a list of hardlinks to the file, wherein the file includes a field representing a link to the master hardlink pointing to the file; anddetermining for each hardlink in the list of hardlinks whether each hardlink points to another hardlink by scanning the field representing the link to another hardlink pointing to the file; displaying relationships among the hardlinks and the file; receiving, via a user interface element, a command to modify the hardlinks to the file; and for each given hardlink of the hardlinks to the file: modifying a data object comprising the given hardlink to the file in accordance with the command received via the user interface element.