Scott M Mcclements

US Patent:

8315996, Nov 20, 2012

Filed:

Aug 13, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/191219

Inventors:

Scott M. McClements - Hyde Park NY, US
Kaushik Mukherjee - Wapingers Falls NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

707695, 717170

Abstract:

A method, system and computer program product for configuring an application instance. A first path by which an application instance is configured to access a version of a resource is determined. Additionally, a determination is made as to whether a configuration associated with the application instance exists in a shared resource area. If the configuration does not exist, a base version of the resource is modified to generate a customized version. A second path is determined, and the customized version is stored thereat. If the configuration exists, the second path is determined such that the resource included in the configuration can be accessed thereat. A symbolic link having an origin of the first path and a destination of the second path is created. Using the present invention, multiple application instances can efficiently share customized versions of resources.