Patent Application

App. No. 11/462,435

Abstract

Claims (55)

1 . A method for live file transfer between a source machine and a target machine, the method comprising the steps of:

a) selecting a file from said source machine;

b) if said file is not locked copying said file to said target machine;

c) if said file is locked determining where the bytes of said file reside on said source machine and creating a reconstructed file based on said determining, then copying said reconstructed file to said target machine;

d) recording information on said copying in a temporary file; and

e) repeating steps a) to d) until all files on said source machine have been copied to said target machine.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

f) scanning each entry in said temporary file to determine if changes have been made to said file since said file was copied;

g) if changes have been made to said file since said file was copied;

if said file is not locked copying said file to said target machine;

if said file is locked determining where the bytes of said file reside on said source machine and creating a reconstructed file based on said determining, then copying said reconstructed file to said target machine;

recording information on said copying in said temporary file; and

h) repeating steps f) to g) until all files that have been changed on said source machine have been copied to said target machine.

3 . The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of shutting down one or more applications on said source machine.

4 . The method of claim 2 further comprising the step of starting a watcher, said watcher creating a list for recording changes to files on said source machine as they occur.

5 . The method of claim 4 further comprising the steps of:

i) for each file in the list created by said watcher;

if said file is not locked copying said file to said target machine;

if said file is locked determining where the bytes of said file reside on said source machine and creating a reconstructed file based on said determining, then copying said reconstructed file to said target machine; and

j) repeating step i) until a threshold has been met.

6 . A system for live file transfer, between a source machine and a target machine said system comprising:

a) means for selecting a file from said source machine;

b) means for copying said file to said target machine;

c) means for recording information on said copying in a temporary file; and

d) means for determining all files on said source machine have been copied to said target machine.

7 . The system of claim 6 further comprising:

e) means for scanning each entry in said temporary file to determine if changes have been made to said file since said file was copied;

f) means for copying said file if changes have been made to said file since said file was copied;

g) means for recording information on said copying in said temporary file; and

h) means for determining that all files that have been changed on said source machine have been copied to said target machine.

8 . The system of claim 7 further comprising means for shutting down one or more applications on said source machine.

9 . The system of claim 7 further comprising means for starting a watcher, said watcher creating a list for recording changes to files on said source machine as they occur.

10 . The system of claim 9 further comprising:

i) means for copying the files in said list; and

j) means for determining if all files have been copied subject to meeting a threshold.

11 . A computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

a) selecting a file from a source machine;

b) if said file is not locked copying said file to a target machine;

c) if said file is locked determining where the bytes of said file reside on said source machine and creating a reconstructed file based on said determining, then copying said reconstructed file to said target machine;

d) recording information on said copying in a temporary file; and

e) repeating steps a) to d) until all files on said source machine have been copied to said target machine.

12 . The computer readable medium of claim 11 , having further computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:

f) scanning each entry in said temporary file to determine if changes have been made to said file since said file was copied;

g) if changes have been made to said file since said file was copied;

if said file is not locked copying said file to said target machine;

if said file is locked determining where the bytes of said file reside on said source machine and creating a reconstructed file based on said determining, then copying said reconstructed file to said target machine;

recording information on said copying in said temporary file; and

h) repeating steps f) to g) until all files that have been changed on said source machine have been copied to said target machine.

13 . The computer readable medium of claim 12 , having further computer-executable instructions for performing the step of shutting down one or more applications on said source machine.

14 . The computer readable medium of claim 12 , having further computer-executable instructions for performing the step of starting a watcher, said watcher creating a list for recording changes to files on said source machine as they occur.

15 . The computer readable medium of claim 14 , having further computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of:

i) for each file in the list created by said watcher;

if said file is not locked copying said file to said target machine;

if said file is locked determining where the bytes of said file reside on said source machine and creating a reconstructed file based on said determining, then copying said reconstructed file to said target machine; and

j) repeating step i) until a threshold has been met.

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