US 20040249822A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2004/0249822 Al
Keohane et al. (43) Pub. Date: Dec. 9,2004
(54) METHOD, SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF
MANUFACTURE FOR MANAGEMENT OF
CO-REQUISITE FILES IN A DATA
PROCESSING SYSTEM USING EXTENDED
FILE ATTRIBUTES
(75) Inventors: Susann Marie Keohane, Austin, TX
(US); Gerald Francis McBrearty,
Austin, TX (US); Shawn Patrick
Mullen, Buda, TX (US); Jessica Kelley
Murillo, Hutto, TX (US); Johnny
Meng-Han Shieh, Austin, TX (US)
Correspondence Address:
BRACEWELL & PATTERSON, L.L.P.
P.O. BOX 969
AUSTIN, TX 78767-0969 (US)
(73) Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY
(21) Appl. No.: 10/418,545
(22) Filed: Apr. 17, 2003
Publication Classification
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 7 00
(52) U.S. C I 707 100
(57) ABSTRACT
Files, such as HTML files, are managed managed by performing a permitted command or action initiated on a current file on all its co-requisite files as identified in an extended attribute field stored within the current file. Thus, when an HTML file is emailed or transferred, all requisite files necessary to properly render the web page at the client are assured to be sent. The extended attribute field indicates the parent-child relationship of the co-requisite the corequisite files and only performs the action on child files. The extended attribute field within the current file also indicates the actions that can be performed on each of its co-requisite files.
