Appeal No. 1997-3580
Application 08/400,002
The disclosed invention pertains to a computer system
and method for moving data files from one location to another
location while enabling the files to continue to be accessed
by a user.
Representative claim 5 is reproduced as follows:
5. In a computer system comprising one or more disks,
said system comprising means for defragmenting files by moving
at least a portion of said files and by moving file positions
on at least one of said disks, a method for moving at least a
portion of an open file while said file is being accessed by a
user, said method comprising the steps of:
determining a portion of said file to be moved from a
first location to a second location;
copying said portion of said file to said second location
while enabling said file to continue to be accessed by said
user; and,
deallocating said first location after said copying step
has been completed.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Walls 5,163,148 Nov. 10, 1992
(filed Aug. 11,
1989)
Johnson et al. (Johnson) 5,175,852 Dec. 29, 1992
(filed Oct. 04,
1989)
Sathi 5,212,786 May 18, 1993
(filed Apr. 01,
1991)
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