Patent attributes
Methods, systems, and computer program products for de-duplicating data in executable files in a container image are disclosed. The method may include receiving a request to read a file in a first layer in a container image including a plurality of layers, wherein the file is a delta file which is from an updated executable file based on a base executable file, the base executable file is in a lower layer than the first layer in the container image, and the delta file includes block mappings between the updated executable file and the base executable file and different data between the two files, and blocks included in the two files are based on respective file structure. The method may also include restoring the updated executable file based on the delta file and the base executable file. The method may further include returning data in the updated executable file.
