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1. A method of sharing a portion of a file in secondary storage, the method comprising:
copying a plurality of files residing in a primary storage subsystem to one or more storage devices residing in a secondary storage subsystem to generate secondary copies of each of the plurality of files; creating index data associated with the secondary copies of the plurality of files, the index data stored in the secondary storage subsystem and including information sufficient to generate a native view of at least some of the secondary copies of the plurality of files within a graphical user displayed to a user of a client computing device residing in the primary storage subsystem; receiving, from the client computing device, a request to share a portion of a first file of the plurality of files, the request initiated via user interaction with the native view provided by the graphical user interface; in response to the request, generating, using computer hardware, a link to the portion of the first file, the link including a reference to an offset corresponding to a position of the portion of the first file within the first file; and in response to receipt of an indication of a user selection of the link, causing a restore of the portion of the secondary copy of the first file from the one or more storage devices for presentation to a user, without restoring the entire first file from the one or more storage devices. |