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Method of remotely executing computer processes
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Inventors: Radia, Sanjay R.;
Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Courtenay, III; St. John
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Arter & Hadden LLP
A method of remotely executing a computer process between a parent computer initiating the process and a child computer executing the process. In one embodiment the process includes a step of associating objects with representations having specific object bindings dependent on the site of process of execution. The same representation has a first object binding if the process is executed on the parent computer, and a second object binding if the process is executed on the child computer. The set of objects associated with these location dependent representations may include objects resident at both the parent and child computers. Additional objects may be associated with a second set of representations having object bindings dependent upon the network site of process execution to accommodate remote process executions across two or more computer networks. In an alternative embodiment, objects are associated with multiple representations in an ordered merge directory. Some of the representations within said multiple representations are also dependent on the site of remote process execution. Processes may then access objects resident at a site of process execution, or access objects resident at sites proximate the site of remote process execution. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to the figures, and more particularly to FIG.
1, there is shown a generalized representation of a remote execution occurring between a parent computer 12 and a child computer 14.
The parent computer 12 initiates execution of a process on the child computer 14.
The parent and child computers 12 and 14 may belong to a network 16 that is supported by a server 17 as illustrated in FIG.
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Alternatively, the parent computer 12 may be in communication with the child computer 14 through some other mechanism, such as a modem.
As further illustrated, various sets or directories of objects such as "/lib", "/bin", and "/services" are resident at both the parent computer 12 and child computer 14, and are thus generic.
Other objects, such as "/temp" and "/data" may be resident on the parent computer 12 but not on the child computer 14.
While objects associated with the names "/temp" and "/data" may reside at the child computer 14, these names usually are not bound to the same objects as the same name bindings of the parent computer 12.
Similarly, objects such as "/program" and "/file" may be resident on the child computer 14 but not on the parent computer 12.
During either local or remote execution, a process will access some or all of these objects.
It is preferable to have the process access generic objects such as "/lib" and "/bin" from the computer site of execution.
Thus, for example, if the process is being remotely executed at the child computer 14 it is preferable to have the process access the generic objects such as "/lib" and "/bin" from the child computer 14 rather than from the parent computer 12.
Alternatively, during local execution of the process at the parent computer 12 it is preferable to have the process access the same generic objects from the parent computer 12 rather than the child computer 14.
Objects are accessed by computer process through a representation, or name.
Each name has an object binding to the specific object that is accessed by the process through that name during execution
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