The TILDE File Naming Scheme
Douglas E. Comer, Thomas P. Murtagh · Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) · 1985
ABSTRACfHierarchical directory systems permit users of a computer system to organize files into meaningful sets.A key part of the directory's usefulness lies in the way it partitions names.A hierarchical directory system supports short mnemonic names by keeping the names of files in one directory independent of those in other directories.Most hierarchical directory systems, which were designed for single-processor time sharing systems, place files in a sin- gle directory tree.The disadvantages of the single tree scheme become apparent when two such systems are interconnected by a computer network.or when soft\\•are is transported from one machine to another.This report proposes an alternative to the single-tree naming scheme in which files are organized in a forest of tree-structwed directories and each user chases his own view of the forest.~i.~~omes necessaI)' to divorce the directory tree from the processor in order !o provide meaningful file naming in a distributed environment.Separating directory trees from processors also has advantages in single-processor systems.