Abstract: A method of preserving file metadata associated with an edited file, performed on a client device, includes storing in a log information denoting a plurality of create, delete, and rename operations on one or more files in a file system, and determining when two or more operations denoted in the log, including an operation involving a first file and another operation involving a second file, comprise an atomic save of a respective file, the first file comprising a first version of the respective file, and the second file comprising a second version of the respective file, the first file and second file each having associated metadata. The method further includes associating a subset of the metadata of the first file with the second file, such that at least one of a globally unique file identifier and file access permissions associated with the first file become associated with the second file.

Abstract: Metadata for a set of files in a file system is stored in a client metadata database. In addition, a subset of content for the set of files in the client metadata database is stored in a client content database. The subset of content does not exceed a cache size that is less than a full size of the content in the set of the files. In response to a request, at least a portion of the content that is not already stored in the client content database is retrieved from a server content database, where the server content database is located remotely from the client device.

Abstract: Metadata for a set of files in a file system is stored in a client metadata database. In addition, a subset of content for the set of files in the client metadata database is stored in a client content database. The subset of content does not exceed a cache size that is less than a full size of the content in the set of the files. In response to a request, at least a portion of the content that is not already stored in the client content database is retrieved from a server content database, where the server content database is located remotely from the client device.

Abstract: A method of preserving file metadata associated with an edited file, performed on a client device, includes storing in a log information denoting a plurality of create, delete, and rename operations on one or more files in a file system, and determining when two or more operations denoted in the log, including an operation involving a first file and another operation involving a second file, comprise an atomic save of a respective file, the first file comprising a first version of the respective file, and the second file comprising a second version of the respective file, the first file and second file each having associated metadata. The method further includes associating a subset of the metadata of the first file with the second file, such that at least one of a globally unique file identifier and file access permissions associated with the first file become associated with the second file.

Abstract: A method of preserving file metadata associated with an edited file, performed on a client device, includes storing in a log information denoting a plurality of create, delete, and rename operations on one or more files in a file system, and determining when two or more operations denoted in the log, including an operation involving a first file and another operation involving a second file, comprise an atomic save of a respective file, the first file comprising a first version of the respective file, and the second file comprising a second version of the respective file, the first file and second file each having associated metadata. The method further includes associating a subset of the metadata of the first file with the second file, such that at least one of a globally unique file identifier and file access permissions associated with the first file become associated with the second file.