JPH0756786A - Structured document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a structured document processor capable of guaranteeing the consistency of a document constituted of plural structured documents. CONSTITUTION:A file/directory relation data interpreting part 103 interprets the logical order of files based upon file/directory relation data stored in a file/directory relation data storing part 102. A file using information interpreting part 106 interprets an accessed file based upon file using information stored in a file using information storing part 105. A directory using information interpreting part 10 interprets an accessed directory based upon directory using information stored in a directory using information storing part 108. A file name string output part 117 correspondingly outputs a file name or a directory name prepared by a file/directory information adding part 112 in accordance with the interpreted results of respective interpreting parts and information indicating an accessed state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structured document processing device for performing a predetermined process on a structured document represented by a graph in graph theory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has been widely practiced to represent a logical structure of an electronic document by a graph (tree or general network). For example, the international standard ODA (ISO / IS 8613, Inform
ationProcessing-Text and Office System-Office Docu
ment Architecture (ODA) and Interchange Format (198
In 8)), the logical structure of the document is expressed by nodes (objects). Further, in hypertext, a network composed of nodes and links is a document.

A document processing apparatus has been realized which uses a logical structure to search, insert, combine, and update a document or a document portion for a document stored in a storage device. An example of such a document processing apparatus is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-206722 filed by the applicant of the present application.

From a constituent description string having one or more constituents, which correspond to a previously described single or plural document or a single or plural document parts, and are provided with an identifier,
An identifier string corresponding to a constituent that meets the specified first condition is acquired, an identifier string that matches the specified second condition is acquired from this identifier string, and the identifier string that matches the second condition is acquired. Based on the identifier, processing is performed on the constituent description string corresponding to the previously described single or plural documents or single or plural document parts.

For example, a constituent description string corresponding to an identifier string that meets a second condition (for example, a condition for obtaining one or a plurality of identifier strings) is described in advance in the singular or plural documents or singular documents. Alternatively, the search is performed from the constituent description string corresponding to a plurality of document parts.

In addition, the constituent description string corresponding to the identifier string that meets the second condition is written in advance in accordance with a specified condition (for example, a condition for inserting a document part), in which one or more documents described in advance are described. Alternatively, it is inserted into the constituent description string corresponding to one or more document parts.

Further, the constituent description string corresponding to the identifier string that meets the second condition is changed according to the specified condition (for example, the condition for changing the attribute of the document part).

By the way, even if there are logically one connected document, restrictions on document processing (for example, speedup of document loading / storing, collaborative document creation, multiple document layouts, etc.), etc. Therefore, it may be better to divide one document into separate files.

When performing document processing on such a plurality of files, Japanese Patent Application No. 4-206722 has the following problems. Hereinafter, individual files that compose one document will also be referred to as documents.

(1) The description depends on the document name. This is the name of the individual document, written programmatically
Independence between program and data (document data) is poor.
This means that it is difficult to write a versatile program when the document names differ when adding, deleting, or replacing part of the logical structure in document units.

(2) The relationship between documents cannot be described. For example, the documents that make up “Chapter1” and “Chapte
For the documents that make up r2 ”, on the program,
It is not possible to describe a logical relationship between documents such as "Chapter2" which is a sibling of "Chapter1".

(3) The relationship between documents in directories cannot be described. For example, as in the case of (2) above, regarding a directory having a document forming "Chapter1" and a directory having a document forming "Chapter2", "Chapter2", which is a sibling of "Chapter1", is called in the program. Unable to describe the logical relationship between documents.

The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application No. 4-206722 has
When one document is targeted, there is an advantage that the identifier can accurately identify the part to which a part of the document belongs.

(4) However, logically, when one connected document is composed of a plurality of document files, the file name to which a part of a certain document belongs and the exact position in the file are determined by the identifier. Cannot be identified.

(5) It is not possible to retrieve the document parts of a document stored by being divided into a plurality of files. this is,
This means that the document divided into a plurality of files cannot be regarded as one logical structure and the document parts cannot be searched. For example, the first half of the document (1-3
Chapter) When the second half of the document (Chapter 4 to 6) is stored in the second file, “5
Unable to search for document parts of "Chapter".

In order to solve such a problem, a file group that stores a plurality of divided structured documents corresponding to a target document, and file relationship data indicating a logical relationship between the file groups, A document processing apparatus has been realized which is configured to perform a predetermined process based on the document structure relation data indicating the connection relation of the document structures of the plurality of structured documents stored in the file group. That is, the Japanese Patent Application No. 4-206722 processes one document = 1 file, whereas the document processing apparatus processes one document =
It is designed to be processed as multiple files.

As the predetermined processing, (A) the file groups are integrated. This integrated file group (that is, integrated document) is output. (B) An identifier corresponding to each element in each file (this is referred to as an in-file identifier), and unique in one structured document when a plurality of structured documents are caught as one structured document The identifier mapping data indicating the correspondence relationship between the identifier of the above (as an integrated document identifier) and the file name of the file to which the in-file identifier belongs is created. This identifier mapping data is output. (C) An integrated document identifier that matches the identifier specified as the search condition is obtained from the identifier mapping data.
and so on.

By thus catching a plurality of documents as an integrated document and obtaining the integrated document identifier based on the in-file identifier, the component corresponding to the integrated document identifier, that is, the document part can be specified. become. This means that even if one document is composed of a plurality of files, it is possible to determine a specific document text item or a specific position. Therefore, it becomes possible to solve the problems (1) to (5) described above.

[0019]

However, the above document processing apparatus has the following problems.

Since each name of the file group was not displayed, these file names could not be recognized. When trying to display these file names, there is no choice but to display them in the order of the list, and the file names cannot be displayed in the logical order of the files.

In the case where a plurality of workers jointly create one document,
In the sense of backing up, when temporarily stored in a disk, it is possible that a third party edits the stored file thereafter. This means that a third party operates on the file that he is processing,
There is a risk that the contents of the file will be unintended.

To prevent such a problem, when even one target file is being edited, a means for recognizing the editing status or a mechanism for interrupting the processing by a third party is provided. It is better to exist. However, such a function does not exist in the conventional document processing apparatus.

In the above-mentioned conventional document processing device, 1
If one document is being automatically updated and another document process operates the document at the same time, the update will fail.
For example, in the case where the page allocation process is performed on one document composed of 100 files, the page allocation is processed one file at a time in the logical order of the files. This means that, for example, even if page allocation is completed up to the 99th file, if the 100th file is edited by a third party, the entire page allocation will fail, and as a result, page allocation will be performed again. You have to do that.

In order to prevent such a problem, when even one target file is being edited, a means for recognizing the editing status or a mechanism for interrupting the processing by a third party is provided. It is better to exist. However, such a function does not exist in the conventional document processing apparatus.

An object of the present invention is to provide a structured document processing device capable of guaranteeing the consistency of one document composed of a plurality of structured documents.

[0026]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a structured document processing device for performing a predetermined process on a structured document represented by a graph in graph theory, the structured document processing device corresponds to a target document and is divided. File group designating means for designating a file group storing a plurality of structured documents, file relationship data holding means for storing file relationship data indicating a logical relationship between the file groups, and a file based on the file relationship data A file relational data interpreting means for interpreting the logical relation of the group; and an output means for outputting a sequence of file names of the file group in the logical order of the document based on the interpretation result of the file relational data interpreting means. is doing.

A second invention is the first invention, further comprising a file use information holding means for holding file use information indicating whether or not the file is accessed corresponding to all the files of the file group. The output means, when outputting the file name string of the file group, refers to the held content of the file use information holding means to associate the file name string with the corresponding file use information. The feature is that they are output simultaneously.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, file use information holding means for holding file use information indicating whether or not the file is accessed, corresponding to all the files in the file group, By referring to the contents held in the file use information holding means, if it is indicated that the file use information corresponding to at least one file is being accessed, the output means outputs the file name column. An output control means for controlling so as to prohibit is further provided.

In a fourth aspect of the invention, in the third aspect, when all the file use information held in the file use information holding means is not accessed, a designated process is created. In addition, it further comprises process generation means for inputting the names of all files of the file group to the generated process.

A fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, generates file use information when it indicates that all the file use information held in the file use information holding means is not accessed. Usage information generating means, holding means for holding the usage information of the generated file, a specified process, and process generation for inputting the names of all files of the file group to the generated process Means, a detecting means for detecting that the process generated by the process generating means is terminated, and a deleting means for deleting the contents held in the use information generating means when the detecting means detects that the process is terminated. Is further equipped.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a structured document processing device for performing a predetermined process on a structured document represented by a graph in graph theory, a plurality of structured documents corresponding to a target document and divided into File group designating means for designating a stored file group, directory relational data retaining means for retaining directory relational data indicating a logical relation of a directory retaining all or part of the file group, and the directory relational data. Directory relation data interpreting means for interpreting the logical relation of the directory based on the logical result of the document and the directory name and the file name belonging to the directory based on the interpretation result of the directory relation data interpreting means. And output means for outputting in different order.

A seventh invention is the sixth invention, further comprising directory usage information holding means for holding directory usage information indicating whether or not the directory is accessed, corresponding to the directory, and the output means. When outputting the name of the directory and the name of the file, the contents stored in the directory use information holding means are referred to and the name of the directory and the corresponding directory use information are output at the same time in association with each other. It has a feature.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect, a directory use information holding means for holding directory use information indicating whether or not the directory is accessed is provided for the directory, and the directory use information holding means. When the content held by the means is referred to and the directory usage information corresponding to at least one directory is being accessed, the output means is prohibited from outputting the directory name and the file name. And an output control means for controlling as described above.

In a ninth aspect based on the sixth aspect, the directory use information holding means for holding directory use information indicating whether or not the directory is accessed corresponding to the directory, and all of the file groups. File usage information holding means for holding file usage information indicating whether or not the file is accessed, and the contents held by the directory usage information holding means and the file usage information holding means, at least, If the directory usage information corresponding to one directory is being accessed, or if the file usage information corresponding to at least one file is being accessed, the output means is Output of directory names and file names. And further comprising an output control means for controlling the.

A tenth aspect of the invention is that in the ninth aspect, all directory use information held in the directory use information holding means is not accessed, and in the file use information holding means. When all the retained file usage information indicates that the file has not been accessed, the specified process is created, and the created process is given the name of the directory and the names of all files in the file group. It further comprises a process generation means for inputting.

An eleventh invention is that in the ninth invention, when all the directory usage information held in the directory usage information holding means is not accessed, and in the file usage information holding means. When all of the held file usage information indicates that it is not accessed, usage information generating means for generating usage information of the directory and usage information of the file, and usage of the generated directory Holding means for holding information and file usage information; process generation means for generating a specified process, and for inputting the name of the directory and the names of all files of the file group to the generated process, Detection means for detecting the end of the process generated by the process generation means When detecting that the process is completed by the detecting means, and further comprising a deleting means for deleting the contents held in the usage information generating means.

[0037]

In the structured document processing device according to the present invention, the file relation data holding means holds the file relation data indicating the logical relation of the file groups constituting the document designated by the file group designation means, and the file relation data The interpreting means interprets the logical relationship of the file group based on the file relationship data, and the output means outputs the sequence of file names of the file group in the logical order of the document based on the interpretation result. . Therefore, the file names can be recognized in the logical order of the files.

In the above invention, the output means is
When the file name sequence of the file group is output, the stored contents of the file use information retaining means are referenced to associate the file name sequence with the file use information indicating whether or not the file is accessed. Output at the same time. It can recognize that files are being accessed and which files are being accessed.

Further, in the above invention, the output means prohibits the output of the file name when the file use information corresponding to at least one file is being accessed.

Further, in the above invention, when all the files are not used, the process generation means for generating the designated process and further inputting the names of all the files of the file group to the generated process is further provided. It has.

Further, in the above invention, when all the files are not used, the usage information generating means for generating the usage information of the file and the holding means for holding the usage information of the generated file are designated. Process generation means for generating a process and inputting the names of all files of the file group to the generated process, detection means for detecting termination of the process generated by the process generation means, and the detection means When it is detected that the process has ended, the deletion means further deletes the contents held in the usage information generation means. Therefore, since the document to be processed is locked, the process of other users for the document can be exclusively controlled, and the lock is released when the process for the document is completed. On the other hand, it can be processed by another user.

In the structured document processing apparatus of another invention, the directory relation data holding means indicates the logical relation of the directories holding all or a part of the file groups constituting the document designated by the file group designating means. The file relational data interpretation means holds the file relational data, and the file relational data interpretation means interprets the logical relation of the file group based on the file relational data. Further, the output means based on the interpretation result, the name of the directory and the directory concerned. The names of files belonging to and are output in the logical order of the document. Directory names and file names can be recognized in the logical order of files.

Further, in the above-mentioned other invention, the output means, when outputting the name of the directory and the name of the file, refers to the contents held in the directory use information holding means and corresponds to the directory name. Corresponds to directory usage information and outputs at the same time. It is possible to recognize that a directory or file is being accessed and which directory is being accessed.

In the other invention, the output means prohibits output of the directory name and the file name when the directory usage information corresponding to at least one directory is being accessed. .

In the other invention, the output means indicates that the directory usage information corresponding to at least one directory is being accessed, or the file usage information corresponding to at least one file is being accessed. If it indicates that
Prohibit output of directory names and file names.

In the above-mentioned other invention, when all directories and files are not used, the specified process is created, and the created process receives the name of the directory and all files in the file group. It further comprises a process generation means for inputting a name.

Further, in the above-mentioned other invention, when all the directories and files are not used, usage information generating means for generating usage information of the directory and usage information of the file and the generated directory. Holding means for holding the usage information and the usage information of the file, and a process generation means for generating the specified process and inputting the name of the directory and the names of all the files of the file group to the generated process, It further comprises detection means for detecting the end of the process generated by the process generation means, and deletion means for deleting the contents held in the usage information generation means when the end of the process is detected by the detection means. is doing. Therefore, since the document to be processed is locked, the process of another user for the document can be exclusively controlled, and the lock is released when the process for the document is completed. On the other hand, it can be processed by another user.

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Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the structured document processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, the structured document processing device includes a document processing unit 10, a file / directory related data holding unit 20, a file use information holding unit 30, and a directory use information holding unit 40.
Is equipped with. The processing result of the document processing unit 10 is the error message / status holding unit 50 according to the processing content.
File name string holding unit 60, document processing process execution unit 70
Is output to.

The file / directory relation data holding unit 20 stores a logical relation between a plurality of files (hereinafter, referred to as a file group) which respectively store a plurality of divided structured documents corresponding to a target document. It holds the file relation data shown, or the relation data indicating the logical relation of the file group in which all or some of the files are held in the directory. That is, generally, a plurality of files are held in one directory (that is, a root directory), or
It is held in at least one directory holding one or more files and one directory holding one or more files (that is, a root directory).
Therefore, in the former case, the file related data is held, while in the latter case, the related data is held. In the above relational data, files and other directories are present in the root directory, and hence the relational data will be defined as file / directory relational data.

In this embodiment, one document composed of a plurality of structured documents (that is, a group of files) is called an integrated document.

Here, the structures of specific file-related data and file / directory-related data will be described. In this embodiment, "" indicates a directory or file, and "" indicates a directory name or file name.

FIG. 2 shows the logical relationship (that is, the logical structure) of the integrated document. Here, a case where one document is composed of six files will be described.

In the example of FIG. 2, the file-related data is defined as follows.

That is, file name: logical order data “doc-A”: order = 5; “doc-B”: order = 3; “doc-C”: order = 6; “doc-D”: order = 2; File-related data 1 "doc-E": order = 1; "doc-F": order = 4;

Here, it is assumed that the above six files are held in the directory "dir-α".

In this embodiment, the file-related data is stored so that the file name and the logical order data are associated with each other.

According to the order of the file-related data defined in this way, the logical order of the files is defined as follows.

"Doc-E""doc-D""doc-B""doc-F""doc-A""doc-C" ... Logical order 1 Next, the file / directory related data is shown below.

That is, the directory name “dir-α”: file name: logical order data “doc-A”: order = 6; “doc-B”: order = 3; “doc-C”: order = 7; “doc -D ”: order = 2;“ doc-E ”: order = 1;“ doc-F ”: order = 4;“ doc-β ”: order = 5; doc-β ": File name: Logical order data" doc-G ": order = 2;" doc-H ": file = 1 / file-related data 3 is stored.

Here, the directory "dir-α" has 6
One file and one directory “doc-β” are held, and further two files are held in the directory “doc-β”. Therefore, the directory "dir-α"
This means that 8 files are stored in total.

In this embodiment, the file / directory related data is stored so that the file name and the directory name correspond to the logical order data.

According to the order of such file / directory related data, the logical order of files is defined as follows.

"Doc-E""doc-D""doc-B""doc-F""doc-H""doc-G""doc-A""doc-C" ... logical order 2 file usage information The holding unit 30 holds, for all files in the file group, file usage information indicating whether or not the file is being accessed. Specifically, the file name and the file use information are held in association with each other.

The directory usage information holding unit 40 holds directory usage information corresponding to a directory, which indicates whether or not the directory is accessed.
Specifically, the directory name and the directory usage information are held in association with each other.

Error message / status holding unit 50
Holds the error message and status output from the document processing unit 10.

The file name sequence holding unit 60 holds the file name output from the document processing unit 10.

The document processing process 70 executes the process passed from the document processing unit 10 and outputs the execution result.

In the document processing unit 10, the file / directory relation data input unit 101 reads the file relation data and the directory relation data from the file / directory relation data holding unit 20 and holds them in the file / directory relation data holding unit 102. . The file / directory relation data holding unit 20 holds file relation data and directory relation data for each integrated document.

The file / directory relation data interpretation unit 103 interprets the logical relation of the file group based on the file relation data and also interprets the logical relation of the directory based on the directory relation data. For example, the logical relationship of the file is interpreted as the logical order 1 based on the file relationship data 1, and the logical relationship of the file is the logical order 2 based on the file / directory relationship data 2 and 3. To interpret.

The file use information input section 104 reads the file name and file use information (the details of which will be described later) from the file use information holding section 30 and holds them in the file use information holding section 105. The file use information holding unit 30 holds the file use information about the file group forming the integrated document to be processed.

The file use information interpretation unit 106 refers to the file use information held in the file use information holding unit 105 and interprets whether at least one file is being accessed.

The directory usage information input unit 107 receives the directory name and the directory usage information from the directory usage information holding unit 40 (the details will be described later).
Is read and held in the directory usage information holding unit 108. The directory usage information holding unit 40 holds directory usage information about a directory that holds all or part of a file group that constitutes an integrated document to be processed.

The directory usage information interpretation unit 109 refers to the directory usage information held in the directory usage information holding unit 108 and interprets whether at least one directory is accessed.

Then, the interpretation result by the file / directory relation data interpretation unit 103 is the file name sequence holding unit 11
0, and the interpretation result by the file usage information interpretation unit 106 is the file usage information generation unit 111 and the file /
It is output to the directory usage information addition unit 112, and the interpretation result by the directory usage information interpretation unit 109 is output to the file / directory usage information addition unit 112 and the directory usage information generation unit 113. The file name held in the file name string holding unit 110 is passed to the file / directory usage information adding unit 112.

When the interpretation result from the file usage information interpretation unit 106 indicates that all files have not been accessed, the file usage information generation unit 111 determines that the document processing apparatus of its own uses all the files. When at least one of the files is accessed, file usage information indicating that the file is accessed is generated, and this file usage information is output to the file usage information output unit 114 together with the name of the file to be accessed.

The file use information output unit 114, to which the file name and the file use information have been passed, corresponds to the file name held in the file use information holding unit 30 that matches the passed file name. ,
Stores the passed file usage information. Also, when access to the file being accessed is completed,
The file usage information corresponding to the name of the corresponding file is changed so that it is not accessed.

The directory usage information generating unit 113 is the case where the interpretation result by the directory usage information interpreting unit 109 indicates that all directories are not accessed, and the document processing apparatus of its own discriminates all the directories. When accessing at least one of the directories (that is, the directory that stores the accessed file), directory usage information indicating that the file is accessed is generated, and this directory usage information is stored together with the name of the directory to be accessed. It is output to the usage information output unit 115.

The directory use information output unit 115 to which the directory name and the directory use information have been passed corresponds to the directory name held in the directory use information holding unit 40 that corresponds to the passed directory name. , Stores the passed directory usage information. Further, when the access to the accessed directory is completed, the directory usage information corresponding to the name of the directory is changed so that it is not accessed.

File / directory usage information addition unit 1
Reference numeral 12 denotes an interpretation result (file name and file usage information) from the file usage information interpretation unit 106, an interpretation result (directory name and directory usage information) from the directory usage information interpretation unit 109, and a file name string holding unit 110. A message corresponding to the usage status of each file and directory, that is, the access status, is created based on the file name of the above, and this message is output to the file name sequence output control unit 116.

In this embodiment, the file name or directory name and the message are output as a pair, and when accessed, a message to that effect is output, while the access If not, a blank message is printed (that is, nothing is printed).

The file name sequence output control unit 116 holds the output result from the file / directory usage information adding unit 112 and executes a predetermined process based on the output result and the preset processing content.

That is, (1) Regarding processing when a file or directory is accessed (a) If it is set that error processing is performed without outputting the file name string, it is held under the directory. Outputs that the file is in use as an error message and status. The output result is held in the error message / status holding unit 50. The output result can be accessed by another user or the document processing device (or program).

(B) When the output of the file name string is set, a message of the file name string and the file usage information (in this case, the file is accessed) is output to the file name string output unit 117. .

(2) Processing when files and directories are not accessed (a) When there is a request for process generation and process execution, a file name string is sent to the document processing process generation unit 118 as necessary. hand over.

(B) If there is no request for process generation and process execution, a file name string and file usage information message (blank in this case) is output to the file name string output unit 117.

The file name string output unit 117 outputs the output result from the file name string output control unit 116. The output result is held in the file name string holding unit 60. The output result can be accessed by another user or the document processing device (or program).

The document processing process generator 118 generates a process to be passed to another process, inserts the file name string passed from the file name string output controller 116 into this process, and then outputs the process. The output process is executed by the document processing process execution unit 70. When the document processing process execution unit 70 finishes executing the process, it outputs the execution result.
The output result can be accessed by other users or the document processing device (or program).

When the document processing end detecting unit 119 inputs the normal end status or the abnormal end status output from the document processing process executing unit 70, the status information is passed to the file name sequence output unit 116 and the process The file use information deleting unit 12 indicates that the execution is completed.
0 and the directory usage information deletion unit 121 are notified.

When the file use information deletion unit 120 receives the fact that the process has been executed, the file use information output unit 114 deletes the file use information indicating that the currently accessed file is being accessed. Ask to do. As a result, the file usage information corresponding to the corresponding file is changed by the file usage information output unit 114 from being accessed to being not accessed.

On the other hand, the directory usage information deleting section 121
Then, when the fact that the execution of the process is completed is received, the directory usage information output unit 115 is requested to delete the directory usage information indicating that the currently accessed directory is being accessed. As a result, the directory usage information corresponding to the corresponding directory is changed by the directory usage information output unit 115 from being accessed to being not accessed.

Upon receiving the completion status of the document processing process execution unit 70 from the document processing completion detection unit 119, the file name sequence output control unit 116 displays the execution result of the normal completion status or the abnormal completion status as an error message / status. Output as. This output is
The error message / status is held in the holding unit 50. The output result can be accessed by another user or the document processing device (or program).

Next, file usage information and directory usage information will be described.

[1. About file usage information] Now
For an integrated document as shown in FIG. 2, process "U
The case where serX "is edited will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, another process "Use"
If "rY" is editing the file "doc-F" (shown with diagonal lines), the contents of the file "doc-F" currently being modified are created as a temporary file. A mechanism is required to prohibit the processing of F ”until the processing is completed, because in order to maintain the consistency of the document (in other words, the file).

Therefore, in the present invention, the file use information is introduced to edit the file "do"
At the same time when the editing program for "cF" is started,
File usage information (for example, information that can be used to determine whether the file is in use or is unused) is added to the file. This file usage information must be accessible to other processes. If you cannot access it, an error will occur. Therefore, in the above example, since the file usage information is held for the file "doc-F", the process "User"
X "cannot access the document shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, as the file use information, "Nil" is used when the file is not used (is not accessed), while "locked file" is used when the file is accessed.
I am trying to use.

Therefore, in the state shown in FIG.
The file use information holding unit 30 stores a file name: file use information “doc-E”: Nil “doc-D”: Nil “doc-B”: Nil “doc-F”: locked file “doc-A”: Nil "doc-C": The usage information data 11 called Nil is held.

Such usage information data 11 is transferred to the file usage information holding section 1 by the file usage information input section 104.
When the file usage information interpretation unit 106 holds the file “05-05”, the file usage information interpretation unit 106 interprets that the file “doc-F” is being accessed, and ““ doc-F ”: locked file” indicating that
The directory usage information adding unit 112 is notified.

Further, in this example, since the directory is not accessed, the directory use information interpretation unit 10
From 9, there is no notification that it is being accessed.

Further, the file / directory usage information addition unit 112 includes a file / directory relation interpretation unit 1
The above-mentioned file name sequence of logical order 1 output from 03 is input.

Then, the file / directory usage information adding section 112 temporarily holds each input data as follows.

File name: File usage information "doc-E": Nil "doc-D": Nil "doc-B": Nil "doc-F": locked file "doc-A": Nil "doc-C" : Nil Further, the file / directory usage information addition unit 112
The following file name string data 12 is created from the data held in this way.

"Doc-E""doc-D""doc-B""doc-F" ** locked file ** "doc-A""doc-C" Here, Nil file usage information is blank. On the other hand, the file usage information of locked file is ** locked file
It has been changed to the message **.

This file name sequence data 12 is output through the file name sequence output control unit 116 and the file name sequence output unit 117 if the file name sequence is set to be output when the file is accessed. Is output from.

File name sequence data 1 thus output
After being stored in the file name sequence storage unit 60, 2 is displayed on an output device such as a display.

On the other hand, when the error processing is set, the file name sequence output control unit 116
Since the file has already been accessed, the following error status is created to indicate an access error.

Error: Locked file (s) exist Status = 22 Such an error status is held in the error message / status holding unit 50 and then displayed on an output device such as a display.

In this way, since the file name string or error status is displayed, the user can always know the name of the file that is already being edited by referring to the corresponding file usage information before using the file. You can At this time, it is possible to branch to a specific process. Then, after the access to the file is canceled, the user will perform the process.

[2. Directory usage information]
In the example shown in FIG. 2, when at least one of the files under the directory "dir-α" is in use, the directory "dir-α" is defined to be in use.

If the process "UserX" is allocating pages for files under the directory "dir-α", the information regarding the allocation of the following files from the directory "dir-α" is being changed, and the directory "dir-α" is being changed. The document processing for the documents of “α” or less requires a mechanism for inhibiting until the page allocation is completed.

For example, when files under the directory "dir-α" are being printed out in logical order or are being page-allocated, the files to be processed are "doc-E" → " doc-D → doc-B → do
It moves in order, such as "cF"->"doc-A"->"doc-C".

In such a case, even if the file use information as described above is generated and output, it is only transient information and is meaningless. Therefore, directory use information is introduced in the present invention.

That is, at the same time as the page allocation program for all files under the directory is activated, the directory usage information is added to the directory. This directory usage information must be accessible to other processes. If you cannot access it, an error will occur. Therefore,
In the above example, since the directory use information indicating that the directory “dir-α” is accessed is held, the process “UserX” can access the integrated document shown in FIG. Can not.

In this embodiment, as the directory use information, if the directory is used (accessed), "locked director" is used.
y "is used, while blank (that is, nothing is written) if not accessed. When this directory usage information is cleared, it means that all files under the directory are unused. .

Therefore, in the case where the page allocation process is executed for the file group shown in FIG.
The directory usage information holding unit 40 holds usage information data 21 of directory name: directory usage information “dir-α”: locked directory.

On the other hand, the file use information holding unit 30 stores the file name: file use information "doc-E": Nil "doc-D": Nil "doc-B": Nil "doc-F": Nil "doc- "A": Nil "doc-C": Nil, the usage information data 22 is held.

Further, the file / directory relation data holding unit 20 holds the above-mentioned file relation data 1.

Then, the above [1. As to the file usage information], the file / directory usage information addition unit 112 is added to the file usage information interpretation unit 1
The interpretation result from 06, the directory use information interpretation unit 10
When the interpretation result from 9 and the file name string from the file name string holding unit 110 are input, the file / directory usage information adding unit 112 temporarily holds the input data as follows.

Directory name: Directory usage information "dir-α": locked directory File name: File usage information "doc-E": Nil "doc-D": Nil "doc-B": Nil "doc-F": Nil "doc-A": Nil "doc-C": Nil The file / directory usage information addition unit 112
The following file name string and directory name string data 23 is created from the data held in this way.

"Dir-α" ** locked directory ** "doc-E""doc-D""doc-B""doc-F""doc-A""doc-C" Here, the locked directory Directory usage information
It has been changed to the message ** locked directory **.

The file name string / directory name string data 23 is output by the file name string output control unit 116 when the file name string and the directory name string are set to be output when the directory is accessed. And is output from the file name string output unit 117.

The file name sequence and the directory name sequence thus output are held in the file name sequence holding unit 60 and then displayed on an output device such as a display.

On the other hand, when the error processing is set, the file name sequence output control unit 116
Since the directory has already been accessed, the following error status is created to indicate an access error.

Error: Locked directories exist Status = 22 Such an error status is displayed in an output device such as a display after being held in the error message / status holding unit 50.

As described above, since the file name column and the directory name column or the error status are displayed, the user can always refer to the corresponding directory usage information before using the file, so that the file already being edited can be You can find out the name of an existing directory. At this time, the process can branch to a specific process. Then, after the access to the directory is canceled, the user will perform the process.

Up to this point, file usage information and directory usage information have been described.

[3. Case where File and Directory Exist in Root Directory] Here, the principle in the case where another directory exists in the file under the root directory “dir-α” in the example shown in FIG. 2 will be described.

The following data is held in the file / directory related data holding unit 20.

That is, the directory name “dir-α” file name: logical order data “doc-E”: order = 1 “doc-D”: order = 2 “doc-B”: order = 3 “doc-F”: order = 4 “dir-β”: order = 5 “doc-A”: order = 6 “doc-C”: order = 7 file / directory relationship data 31 and directory name “dir-β” file name: logical The order data "doc-H": order = 1 and the file / directory related data 32 "doc-G": order = 2 are held.

The file use information holding unit 30 holds the following data.

That is, file name: file usage state “doc-E”: Nil “doc-D”: Nil “doc-B”: Nil “doc-F”: Nil “dir-β”: (blank) “doc- The usage information data 33 "A": Nil "doc-C": Nil and the usage information data 33 "file name: file usage status" doc-H ": Nil" doc-G ": Nil are stored.

Further, the directory use information holding unit 40 holds the following data.

That is, the usage information data 35 of directory name: directory usage information “dir-α”: Nil “dir-β”: Nil is held.

When the document processing unit 10 is activated while the data is held in this way, each of the above-mentioned data is read by the document processing unit 10 and interpreted.

That is, the file / directory relation data interpretation unit 103 interprets the logical order of each file as follows based on the file / directory relation data.

"Doc-E""doc-D""doc-B""doc-F""doc-H""doc-G""doc-A""doc-C" ... logical order 36 and file use The information interpreting unit 106 interprets that each of the above files is not used, and notifies the file use information generating unit 111 and the file / directory use information adding unit 112 of that fact. The directory is interpreted as not being used and the fact is notified to the directory use information generation unit 113 and the file / directory use information addition unit 112. This is because there is no directory usage information indicating that both directories “dir-α” and “dir-β” are being accessed, and there is no file usage information indicating that any file is being accessed. Means that the user or other document processing device has determined that the document is not being used.

At this point of time, the file / directory usage information adding section 112 holds the following data.

That is, directory name: directory usage information "dir-α": Nil file name: file usage status "doc-E": Nil "doc-D": Nil "doc-B": Nil "doc-F": Nil “dir-β”: (blank) “doc-A”: Nil “doc-C”: Nil file name string and directory name string data 37
And directory name: directory usage information "dir-β": Nil file name: file usage status "doc-H": Nil "doc-G": Nil file name string and directory name string data 38 are stored. There is.

By the way, the directory usage information interpretation unit 1
In the directory usage information generation unit 113 that has received the interpretation result from 09, the directory usage information indicating that the directory is being accessed (that is, “lock
ed directory ”) and create this“ locked directory ”
Corresponding to the directory names “dir-α” and “dir-β”, and outputs to the directory usage information output unit 115.

As a result, the contents stored in the directory usage information storage unit 40 are stored in the directory usage information output unit 11.
5 is updated as follows.

That is, the usage information data 35 is updated to the usage information data 35A of directory name: directory usage information "dir-α": locked directory "dir-β": locked directory.

On the other hand, in the file use information generation unit 111, even if the interpretation result indicating that all the files are not used is received from the file use information interpretation unit 106, it is determined that the directory is used in the directory unit. Do nothing, judging that usage information is generated.

When the use information as described above is dynamically updated, the contents held in the file / directory use information adding section 112 are also updated according to the contents of the update.

That is, in the above example, the file / directory usage information addition unit 112 holds the following data.

That is, the file name and directory name string data 37 are: directory name: directory usage information "dir-α": locked directory file name: file usage status "doc-E": Nil "doc-D": Nil ""doc-B": Nil "doc-F": Nil "dir-β": (blank) "doc-A": Nil "doc-C": Nil The file name and the directory name string data 37A are updated.

The file name and directory name string data 38 are directory name: directory usage information "dir-β": locked directory file name: file usage status "doc-H": Nil "doc-G": Nil. The file name and directory name string data 38A is updated.

[4. Regarding Temporary Directory Usage Information] In a general actual computer system, directory usage information and file usage information are read sequentially. Therefore, in such a processing method, there is a period during which the processing becomes critical.

That is, the above [3. As described in the section "When files and directories exist in the root directory", after determining that the file usage information indicating that the files are accessed is not added for all files, the directory "dir-α ], If "locked directory" is added as directory usage information, the following problems occur.

Now, in the example shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the directory "dir-α" is not added with the directory use information indicating that the directory is being accessed.

Next, the file usage information for each file is accessed in order of "doc-E""doc-D""doc-B""doc-F""doc-A""doc-C". To do.

Here, when the process "UserX" reads up to the file "doc-F", for example, file usage information indicating that the file "doc-E" is being accessed by another process "UserY" is added. Suppose Since the process "UserX" has no file usage information indicating that the files "doc-A" and "doc-C" after the file "doc-F" are being accessed, the directory "dir-α" has a directory Information will be added.
However, in such a case, the directory "dir-α" has directory usage information added by the process "UserX" indicating that the file has been accessed, and the file "doc-E" has been added by the process "UserY". There will be file usage information that has been accessed and this will obviously cause conflicting events.

In order to prevent such a contradictory event, the file use information indicating that the file is accessed is not added by another process "UserY" in correspondence with the file "doc-E". There is a need.

In the first place, since the directory use information indicating that the directory "dir-α" is accessed is not added, the process "UserY" uses the file indicating that the file "doc-E" is accessed. Since the process "UserX" does not have the directory information indicating that the directory "dir-α" is being accessed, the process "UserX" immediately adds the information to the directory "dir-α".
It is sufficient to add directory usage information indicating that the file is accessed in correspondence with.

The file names "doc-E" and "doc-D"
, "Doc-B", "doc-F", "doc-A", "doc-C"
, There is file usage information indicating that even one is being accessed, this directory name “dir-
Immediately cancel the directory information added to “α” indicating that the file is being accessed.

As a result, the process "UserX"
If the directory usage information indicating that the file is accessed is not added to the directory,
For the time being, in order to obtain the access right to the directory, the directory usage information indicating that it is being accessed is added, and if even one file in the directory is accessed, the above directory usage information is canceled. To do. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a file in one root directory from being accessed by two or more processes.

In this embodiment, the directory use information indicating that the directory “dir-α” is being accessed and added when the directory “dir-α” is scanned is called temporary information, and all files in the directory “dir-α” are called. Will be distinguished from the directory usage information determined when the file usage information indicating that each is accessed is not added as a result of scanning.

Further, the above [3. As explained in the section "When files and directories exist in the root directory", in a system in which directories can be nested (nested), a larger time lag occurs before all files are accessed. The above-mentioned contradictory event is more likely to occur.

Even in such a case, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of the above-mentioned inconsistent phenomenon by adopting the temporary information of the above-mentioned directory use information.

Now, the above [3. When files and directories exist in the root directory], there are six files and one directory “dir-β” in the directory “dir-α”. There are two files in -β '. Corresponding to the directories "dir-α" and "dir-β", directory usage information indicating that they are being accessed is not added, and it corresponds to the file "doc-G" in the directory "dir-β". Then, it is assumed that the file use information indicating that the file is accessed is added.

In such a state, the process "U
serX "determines that the directory use information indicating that the directory is being accessed is not added to the directory, and corresponds to the directory" dir-α ", the temporary information of the directory use information indicating that the directory is being accessed. Is added, and then the file usage information is accessed according to the logical order of the files.

At this point, the file / directory relationship data, the directory usage information, and the file usage status are as follows.

That is, directory name: directory usage information "dir-α": provisional: locked directory file name: file / directory related data: file usage status "doc-E": order = 1: Nil "doc-D": order = 2: Nil “doc-B”: order = 3: Nil “doc-F”: order = 4: Nil “dir-β”: order = 5: (blank) “doc-A”: order = 6: Nil "Doc-C": order = 7: Nil "directory name: directory usage information" dir-β ": Nil file name: file related data: file usage status" doc-H ": order = 1: Nil" doc-G " : Order = 2: locked file The process “UserX” has a file name “doc-E” to a file name “doc-F” and a directory “dir-”. File name of the file "doc-H" present in the "" doc-H. "
It is assumed that the file usage information is sequentially accessed up to.
Up to this point, neither file has been used. Next, the process “UserX” has the file name “do
Since the file usage information of "cG" is "locked file", it is judged that the file "doc-G" is used, and "provisional: dire" added to the directory name "dir-α".
Cancel "ctory".

Finally, the file usage information about the file "doc-G" is listed or error processing is performed.

[5. Exclusive control] Process "Us
erX "adds temporary information of the directory use information indicating that the file is being accessed as described above. If there is no use information indicating that the directory or file is being accessed, the above directory is used. The temporary information of the usage information is changed to the regular directory usage information.At this point, the process "UserX" can be excluded because another process specifies the directory and executes a predetermined process. Becomes

On the contrary, the process "UserX" has to delete the directory use information indicating that it is being accessed, just before the processing is completed. This is because other processes cannot use it. That is, the directory use information indicating that the file is accessed must be deleted in either the case of normal termination or the case of abnormal termination.

Next, the connection between the structured documents forming the integrated document will be described.

Up to the (M-1) th document is processed, and then M
Suppose the second document is identified.

The level at the end of the preceding (M-1) th document is b, the level of the (M-1) th document is N _M-1 , and the level of the current Mth document is N _M. By definition, (M-
1) When processing up to the 1st document is completed, N
Regarding _M-1 and N _M , 1 ≦ a ≦ N _M-1 ≦ b 1 ≦ N _M However, it is assumed that a, b, N _M-1 , and N _M are elements that belong to natural numbers. At this time, the document level of the (M-1) th document is said to be a.

In this embodiment, the above relationship is defined as the document level specifying condition.

Under such a document level specifying condition, as to the connection of N _M to the preceding document structure, there are three connection patterns 1, 2, and 3 as shown in FIG. Therefore, these connection patterns will be described next.

Connection pattern 1 [when 1≤N _M ≤a] The Mth document is connected at the same level as the (M-1) th document as shown in FIG. 5 (when N _M = a). ), Or as shown in FIG. 6, it is connected to the upper node of the preceding document (integrated document) other than the (M-1) th document (when N _M <a). That is, in this pattern, since the (M-1) th document does not have a node at a level smaller than a, the Mth document cannot be directly connected to the node of the (M-1) th document.

Connection Pattern 2 [When a ≦ N _M ≦ (b + 1)] The Mth document is directly connected to the node of the (M−1) th document as shown in FIG. Even if there are a plurality of b-level nodes in the (M-1) th document, M
The second document is connected as the last child (node 2 in FIG. 7). Because the (M-1) th document forms a document structure that precedes the Mth document in logical order, when connected to node 1, node 2 of the (M-1) th document becomes It no longer precedes the Mth document, which conflicts with the file-related data description. Therefore, such a connection is illegal.

Connection Pattern 3 [When (b + 1) <N _M ] In FIG. 8, the Mth document is larger than the (b + 1) of the preceding document (integrated document) other than the (M−1) th document. The figure shows the connection to the level node. In this case, M
The th document forms a structure that precedes the (M-1) th document in logical order. Since this conflicts with the description of the file-related data, such a connection is invalid. Figure 9
Indicates that the level of (b + 1), which is the parent level of N _M , is absent in the (M−1) th document. Obviously, this is illegal.

FIG. 10 shows a hardware configuration for realizing the apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. Specifically, for example, a block diagram of an apparatus such as a workstation or a computer is shown. There is. In the figure, an input device 210, a display 220, a disk 230,
The main memory 240 and the central processing unit (CPU) 250 are connected to each other via a bus 260.

The input device 210 is composed of a keyboard and a mouse, and is for inputting input information such as various data and commands. Display 220
Is output information indicating the content of the file / directory relation data, the relationship between the file name and the file usage information, or the relationship between the directory name and the directory usage information,
Display error messages, status information, etc. On the disk 230, a program / operating system showing a processing procedure for performing output processing of file / directory related data, information such as file usage information and directory usage information, file name sequence, file usage information and directory usage information. (OS) is stored. The main memory 240 stores data and programs loaded from the disk 230, input information input from the input device 210, and the like. The main memory 240
The CPU 250 is provided with a program area 241 in which a program showing the above-described processing procedure for the CPU 250 to execute a predetermined process, a program including an OS is stored, and a work area 242 for the CPU 250 to operate data. There is. The CPU 250 controls each of the above units via the bus 260, and executes the above-mentioned program and OS loaded in the program area 241 of the main memory 240 to perform a predetermined process.

Correspondence between the constituent elements of the functional block shown in FIG. 1 and the constituent elements of the block diagram shown in FIG. 10 will now be described.

The holders 20, 30, 40, 5 shown in FIG.
Both 0 and 60 correspond to the disk 230 shown in FIG. 10, and the holding portions 102, 105, 108, 11 shown in FIG.
0 is the work area 24 of the main memory 240 shown in FIG.
2 corresponds to the other components shown in FIG.
Corresponding to the CPU 250 shown in (in fact, software (program) for performing each function.
Is realized by the CPU 250 executing. ).
Next, the processing operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 13.

As shown in FIG. 11, when the user specifies the directory holding the document file (or the document file and the directory) (step 301), the file / directory relational data input unit 101 displays the directory under the specified directory. It is determined whether or not the file-related data or the file / directory-related data regarding the file or file / directory existing in the file is defined (that is, stored) in the file / directory-related data holding unit 20 (step 30).
2).

In step 302, if the file-related data or the file / directory-related data is not defined or the file / directory-related data holding unit 20 cannot be accessed, individual structuring of the integrated document is performed. Since there is no information indicating the order in which the documents are arranged, an error occurs (step 303). For example, if an incorrect directory is designated or the permissions are not appropriate, error messages to that effect are output from an error message output means (not shown). Of course, the error message is presented to the user.

On the other hand, when the file-related data or the file / directory-related data is defined in step 302, the file / directory-related data input unit 101 causes the file / directory-related data holding unit 20 to retrieve the corresponding file / directory. The relational data is read and stored in the file / directory relational data holding unit 102 (step 304).

Then, the file / directory relation interpretation unit 103 determines that the file / directory relation data holding unit 1
Whether the output order of file names or directory names can be uniquely determined based on the file / directory relation data held in 02 (that is, whether the logical order of files can be determined) Is determined (step 305).

If it cannot be uniquely determined in step 305, an error message output means (not shown) outputs an error message relating to a file-related data error or a file / directory-related data error.

On the other hand, in step 305, when the file-related data or the file / directory-related data is valid, the directory usage information input unit 107 causes the directory usage information holding unit 40 to specify the specified directory, as shown in FIG. Directory usage information is read, and the directory usage information holding unit 10 is read.
8 (step 307).

Then, the directory usage information interpretation unit 109
Checks whether the directory usage information held in the directory usage information holding unit 108 is the directory usage information indicating that it is being accessed (that is, "locked directory"). At this time, it is also checked whether the temporary information of the directory usage information (that is, "temporary: locked directory") is also present (step 308). The check result is the file / directory usage information addition unit 11
2 and is referred to by the file name sequence output control unit 116.

In step 308, “locked directo
The existence of “ry” or “tentative: locked directory” means that these data are held in the file / directory usage information addition unit 112. Therefore,
The file name string output control unit 116 refers to the contents held in the file / directory usage information addition unit 112,
If "locked directory" or "temporary: locked directory" exists, it is determined that at least one file under the directory is in use, and the file name is set according to the preset condition. It is determined whether or not the output of the column is suppressed (step 309). Here, it is determined whether to perform error processing without outputting the file name string, or to output the file name string and usage information indicating that the file name string is accessed. The above-mentioned preset conditions are defined by, for example, command options.

When performing error processing in step 309, the file name sequence output control unit 116 outputs an error message / indicate that at least one of the files held under the specified directory is in use.
It is output as an error status (step 310).
This error message / error status is held in the error message / error status holding unit 50.
The stored content is accessed by another user or the document processing device.

On the other hand, in the case of outputting the file name and the file usage information indicating that the file is accessed in step 309, the file usage information input unit 104 causes the file usage information holding unit 30 to save all files under the specified directory. The file use information about the file is read and held in the file use information holding unit 105 (step 311). The file usage information held here is
After being interpreted by the file usage information interpretation unit 106,
It is input to the file / directory usage information addition unit 112.

The file / directory relation data interpretation unit 103 holds the file names in the file name sequence holding unit 110 in the logical order of the files. The file name column held here is the file / directory usage information addition 1
12 is input. At this point, the file / directory usage information addition 112 holds the file name column, the file usage information, and the directory usage information. Therefore, the file / directory usage information addition 11
2 adds a message corresponding to the usage status of each file corresponding to the file name based on the held information, and a message corresponding to the usage status of the directory corresponding to the directory name (Step 312) and output. In this case, the message "** locked directory **" is added in correspondence with the directory name. The fact that the directory usage information indicating that the file is accessed is added to the directory means that another process for the directory does not need to add the file usage information indicating that the file is accessed. No message about the file is created, which means that processing can be controlled exclusively.

Then, the output result of the file / directory usage information addition 112 is the file name sequence output control unit 116.
After that, the file name sequence output unit 117 outputs (step 313). This output result is the file name string holding unit 60.
, And its contents are accessed by other users and document processing devices.

In step 308, “locked directo
If "ry" or "provisional: locked directory" does not exist, it means that another process is not executing the document processing that specifies the directory, and therefore the directory usage information interpretation unit 109 sets in advance. According to the condition, it is determined whether or not the directory use information indicating that the file is being accessed is added, that is, whether or not the document processing for the corresponding directory is exclusive from other processes (step 314). The conditions to be performed are defined by command options, for example.

When exclusive control is performed in step 314, that effect is notified from the directory usage information interpretation unit 109 to the directory usage information generation unit 113.
The directory usage information generation unit 113 generates temporary information of the directory usage information, for example, "temporary: locked directory" (step 315). At this point, the files under this directory may have been directly specified and processed, so it cannot be determined whether or not all files can be used. Therefore, not temporary information but temporary information is generated.

The temporary information thus generated, that is, "temporary: locked directory" is output to the directory usage information output unit 115 together with the directory name.
cked directory ”is stored in the directory usage information holding unit 31
The directory name stored in No. 6 is stored in association with the directory name that matches the passed directory name (step 316). Directory usage information holding unit 31
Since the contents held in 6 can be accessed from other document processing devices, exclusive processing with other document processing devices is possible.

In this embodiment, the document processing section 1
When the contents held in the file use information holding unit 30 and the directory use information holding unit 40 are updated during processing 0, the updated contents are reflected in the contents held in the file / directory use information adding unit 112. It has become. For example, when the contents held in the directory usage information holding unit 40 are updated, the updated contents are read by the directory usage information input unit 107 and held in the directory usage information holding unit 108, and then the directory usage information interpretation unit. It is interpreted by 109 and then held in the file / directory usage information addition unit 112. Therefore, after step 316 is completed, the file / directory usage information addition unit 112 displays "temporary: locked directo" in correspondence with the designated directory name.
ry ”is held.

When step 316 ends, the file use information input unit 104 determines that the file use information holding unit 3
The file usage information for all files under the specified directory is read from 0 and stored in the file usage information storage unit 105 (step 317).

When exclusive control is not performed in step 314, the process proceeds to step 317.

The file use information interpretation unit 106 refers to the content held in the file use information holding unit 105 and determines whether or not there is file use information indicating that at least one file is being accessed ( Step 318). Since the determination result is held in the file / directory usage information addition unit 112, the file / directory usage information addition unit 112 internally stores the file usage information indicating that at least one file is accessed. It is determined whether or not the temporary information of the directory usage information is stored in (step 319).

Here, although the temporary information of the directory usage information is generated and stored, the fact that the file usage information indicating that the file has been accessed already exists means that another user or the document processing apparatus has already created the file. Means that the document processor is
You do not have the right to access the specified directory.

Therefore, if the provisional information exists in step 319, the file / directory usage information addition unit 1
12 requests the directory usage information output unit 115 to delete the temporary information. As a result, the temporary information in the directory usage information holding unit 40 is deleted by the directory usage information output unit 115 (step 320). As a result, the use priority of the document processing unit 10 of the designated directory is canceled.

Upon completion of step 320, the file name string output control unit 116 determines whether to suppress the output of the file name string according to a preset condition, similarly to the process of step 309 (step 321). ).

When the output of the file name string is suppressed in step 321, the file name string output control unit 116
The fact that the files held under the specified directory are in use is output as an error message / error status (step 322). The output error message / error status is held in the error message / error status holding unit 50 and can be accessed by other users or the document processing apparatus.

If there is no provisional information in step 319, the process proceeds to step 321.

If the file use information indicating that the file is accessed is not present in step 318, it means that the document processing apparatus has the right to access the specified directory. The usage information addition unit 112 executes the above step 319.
Similar to the process of (1), it is determined whether or not the temporary information of the directory use information is held in itself (step 32).
3).

If the provisional information is held in step 323, the file / directory usage information addition unit 1
12 requests the directory usage information generation unit 113 to generate regular information instead of temporary information. In response to this, the directory usage information generation unit 113 uses "lock" as the directory usage information indicating that it is being accessed.
“ed directory” is generated, and this “locked directory” is output together with the directory name in the directory use information output unit
5 (step 324). As a result, the temporary information “temporary: locked directory” held in the directory usage information holding unit 40 is updated to the regular information “locked directory”. The contents of the directory usage information holding unit 40 can be accessed from other document processing devices.

Further, the directory usage information output unit 115
Stores the legitimate information in the directory use information 40 and, at the same time, notifies the directory use information deleting unit 121 that the legitimate information is generated and stored.

By the way, in the case of "NO" in step 321, in the case of "NO" in step 323, step 324
When the process is finished, as shown in FIG. 13, the file / directory relation data interpretation unit 103 generates the file names in the logical order of the files and holds them in the file name sequence holding unit 190 (step 325). The file name column held here is the file / directory usage information addition unit 11
Entered in 2. At this point, the file / directory usage information addition 112 holds the file name column, the file usage information, and the directory usage information. Therefore, the file / directory usage information addition 112
Adds a message corresponding to the usage status of each file corresponding to the file name based on the held information.

Then, the file name sequence and the file use information after the above message is added are input to the file name sequence output control unit 116 via the file / directory use information addition 112 (step 326).

Then, the file name string output control unit 116
It is checked whether process generation / execution is requested according to preset conditions (step 327). This preset condition is defined by, for example, a command option.

When the process generation / execution is not requested in step 327, the file name sequence information and the usage information are input to the file name sequence output unit 117. Therefore, the file name sequence output unit 117 determines the file name sequence information. And use information is output (step 328). This output is
It is held in the file name string holding unit 60 and can be accessed by other users and the document processing apparatus.

On the other hand, if process generation / execution is requested in step 327, the document process generation unit 1
18 generates a process (step 329), and the file name string control unit 116 determines whether or not the file name string needs to be input for the process (step 330).

When the input of the file name string is requested in step 330, the file name string control unit 116
The file name string is input to the process generated by the document process generation unit 118, and then passed to the document processing process execution unit 70 (step 331). The document processing process execution unit 70 executes the input process, and when the execution is completed, the execution result is output. The execution result can be accessed by other users and the document processing apparatus.

In this way, the document processing process execution unit 7
When 0 executes the process, the document processing end detection unit 119
Monitors the end of the execution of the process (step 332) and receives information about the end of the process such as the normal end status and the status at the time of abnormal end from the document processing process execution unit 70.

When it is not necessary to input the file name string in step 330, the process proceeds to step 332.

After the step 332 is completed or after the step 328 is completed, the directory usage information deleting section 121 determines that the directory usage information outputting section 1
It is determined whether or not the fact that the regular information has been generated and stored from 15 has already been notified (step 333).

If it is already notified in step 333 that the normal information has been generated and stored, the directory use information output unit 115 is requested to delete the normal information (step 334). As a result, the directory usage information output unit 115 deletes the regular information from the directory usage information holding unit 40. As a result, the exclusive control is released, and it becomes possible for another document processing process to access the designated directory.

When step 334 is completed, if "NO" in step 333, all the processes are completed.

The information about the end of the process from the document processing process execution unit 70 received by the document processing end detection unit 119 is input to the file name sequence output control unit 116, and is output as the end status from here. The output status is held in the error message / status holding unit 50 and can be accessed by other users and the document processing apparatus.

Next, a specific example will be described.

A directory having a lock mechanism for providing a document collaborative creation support function is called a book. This book stores one or more files or directories to form one document. The command bls provided by the document processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described below. This bls lists the document file names in the book. Alternatively, other commands can be exclusively executed by executing the child process with this process as a parent. This example is shown in FIG.

Next, the command bls will be described.

[Name] bls-command that controls the book lock mechanism and lists the file names (columns) [Format] bls [-l] [-b | -B] bookname bls -e bookname command [Function] Recursively searches the documents in the book specified by bookname and below the book, and lists the file names for the documents under the book. The order of the list is the page order (logical order) of the book.

This command locks the book specified by bookname if it is not locked. When this command ends, the locked lock is released.
It is assumed that the file output by this command will be operated with the document operation command.

[Return Value] It is 0 at the normal end.

If the end status is as follows, it means that an error has been detected. Also output an error message to standard error output.

10: Command line format error 14: Book format error 22: Book access error 24: Standard output access error 30: Out of memory 39: Other problems [Option] No option Book specified by bookname Search all, and output the list of file names to the standard output in page order (logical order). Only the document files in the book that are targeted for page organization are listed. The list format is bo
okname /… / bookname. When multiple file names are output, the file names are carriage return (cr)
Separated by.

-E bookname command When this option is specified, the document file to be page-organized in the book becomes the standard input of the command specified by command. Unlocks the lock that bls acquired at the end of the command specified by command. It is sh (Bourne shell) that is called by this option.
The -e option cannot be used with any other option.

-B List the names of books at the same time.

◇ -B List only the names of books.

◇ -l Displays the list format in long format. The information displayed is in the following order.

File type BOOK Document File name File size (number of items when file type is book) Byte display Owner Update date Year / Month / Day Hour: Min: Second Usage information by other process ** locked file ** [ Regarding Lock] (a) The condition that bls can lock is that all books and document files under the specified book are not already locked. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 15, when the book 2 is locked, there is no usage information indicating that any one of the books 3 and 4 and documents 0 to 4 is accessed (that is, already locked). That has not been done).

(B) When bls satisfies the lockable condition, the directory use information indicating that the designated book is accessed is added. 16 shows a state in which the book 2 in the example shown in FIG. 15 is locked. Books 2 and below (that is, book 3, book 4, document 0) to which directory usage information is added are locked by other processes.

In order to control the book lock, it must be called in the command of command option -e. That is, start bls -e bookname commands.

Next, the directory (book) "table of contents.boo
This will be specifically described using "k".

This book "table of contents.book" is a UNIX directory.

The files immediately below this book are "Create table of contents.doc", "Operation for creating table of contents.doc", and "Operation flow.doc".
It is "Operation procedure for creating table of contents.doc". These are stored in a preset file format for structured documents. The four files make up a document named "table of contents.book".

In the above description, the character string enclosed by "" in the text represents the name of the directory or file. The $ mark is Bo, which is the standard UNIX shell.
Indicates the urneshell input prompt. The same applies to the following description.

[Example 1 of use] With respect to the above-mentioned directory (book) "table of contents.book", for example, if the standard Unix command ls is used, the following is displayed.

[0238] Here, the contents described in "" represent the display contents. The same applies to the following description.

When processing these four files in order, the display file order provided by the ls command must be used, and the logical order must be in accordance with the file relation data. Here, the file / directory relation data defined at the same time when the above four files are defined is shown below.

[Table of contents creation] .doc order: 2 Table of contents creation procedure.doc order: 4 Table of contents creation.doc order: 1 Operation flow .doc order: 3 Here, in the book of the file corresponding to the file name. It is assumed that the order is the ascending order of the values of the attribute name order.

FIG. 17 shows a state in which four files in which such file / directory related data are defined are displayed in the file display view.

By using the command bls without displaying the above-mentioned file-related data and the display contents shown in FIG. 17, the file names of the documents under the book “table of contents.book” can be listed in a logical order. . The results are shown below.

[0243] As a result, the user can immediately know the order in the document structure of the file without referring to the file-related data.

[Use Example 2] File names of documents are listed in logical order from the book "table of contents.book".

It is now assumed that the file "operation for creating table of contents.doc" is being edited.

For example, when the Unix command ls is used for display, the following is displayed.

[0247] As shown in this example, the user selects the file "Operation for creating table of contents.d
I don't know that "oc" is being edited.

According to this embodiment, "operation of table of contents creation.d
When editing "oc" is started, usage information is added to the file. An example of the contents of usage information is shown below.

Table of Contents Creation Operation .doc locked file Table of Contents Creation Operation Procedure .doc Nil Table of Contents Creation .doc Nil Operation Flow .doc Nil A file display in a book is shown in FIG. Note that FIG. 18 shows that the “operation of creating table of contents.doc” is being accessed (being edited). In this example, the key mark to the left of the icon indicates that the file is being edited.

[$ Bls -l table of contents.book Document table of contents.book/table of contents creation.doc 2261 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:38:31 Document table of contents.book/table of contents creation operation.doc 9609 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03 / 02 16:39:28 ** locked file ** Document Table of contents.book/Operation flow.doc 22103 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:40:14 Document Table of contents.book/Operation procedure for creating table of contents.doc 31865 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:40:21] [Usage Example 3] If the output of the file name sequence is suppressed under the same conditions as in Use Example 2 above, the following processing result is obtained.

[0251] This result indicates that the processing has ended in error.
Here, the error status 22 (this is the status of a book access error) is displayed. [Example 4] Files immediately under the book "Table of Contents.book" are "Create Table of Contents.doc", "Operation to create Table of Contents.doc", "Operation Flow.doc", and "Operation Procedure.doc to Create Table of Contents". . Furthermore, the directory "point.book" that is mixed in the file
There is a file "point.doc" and "special notes .doc" directly under ". In other words, a total of 6 files will be displayed as
Configure a document named "ook".

When such a book "table of contents.book" is displayed by, for example, the Unix command "ls", it is displayed as follows.

[0253] In this display content, the file names are not displayed in the logical order of the files, but in the file list order by the ls command.

Here, the file / directory relation data which is defined at the same time when the above six files are defined is shown below.

[0255] The file / directory related data related to "table of contents.book" is the operation flow. Doc order: 3 Creating table of contents.doc order: 1 Creating table of contents .doc order: 2 Operating procedure for creating table of contents .doc order: 4 points It is defined as .book order: 5.

The file / directory related data relating to “point / book” is defined as point.doc order: 1 special note .doc order: 2.

The order in the book of the files corresponding to the name of the file corresponds to the ascending order of the value of the attribute name order.

FIG. 19 shows a state in which six files in which such file / directory related data are defined are displayed in the file display view. In FIG. 19, it is shown that all directories and files are not used for the book "table of contents.book".

[Use Example 5] File names of documents are listed in logical order from the book "Table of Contents.book" of Use Example 4 above. At this time, it is assumed that the file "special note .doc" under the book "Point .book" is being edited.

[0260] For example, when the Unix command "ls" is displayed, the following is displayed.

[0261] The user does not know that the file "special notes.doc" is being edited.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, at the start of editing "special note.doc", usage information is added to the file. An example is shown below.

Contents of file usage information related to "table of contents.book" Point.book Nil Operation of creating table of contents .doc Nil Operation of creating table of contents .doc Nil Creating table of contents .doc Nil Operation flow .doc Nil Regarding "point.book" Contents of file usage information Point .doc Nil Special notes .doc locked file It is assumed that this "special notes .doc" is being edited.

[Bls -l table of contents.book Document table of contents.book/table of contents creation.doc 2261 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:38:31 Document table of contents.book/table of contents creation operation.doc 9609 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03 / 02 16:39:28 Document Contents.book/Operation flow.doc 22103 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:40:14 Document Contents.book/Operation procedure for creating contents.doc 31865 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16 : 40: 21 Document Contents.book/points.book/points.doc 5829 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:40:29 Document Contents.book/points.book/special notes.doc 5829 bytes Kusumoto 1993/03/02 16:40:40 ** locked file ** ”An example of file display in a book is shown in FIG. It should be noted that FIG. 20 shows that “Operation for creating table of contents.doc” is being accessed.

[Use Example 6] If the output of the file name string is controlled under the same conditions as in Use Example 5 above, the processing ends in error and the following occurs.

[0266] [Usage Example 7] The result of listing the file names of documents from the book "table of contents. Book" is input to the document processing command bfind. This bfind can be found in the book "Table of Contents. Boo
The target is the name of the file that satisfies the conditions for "k". The conditions specified in this example are, for example, Polish notation (DEKnuth, The are of computer programming, vo
l.1, Fundamental algorithms, second edition.1968,197
3, Addison-Wesley Pub.Co).

Hereinafter, "bfind '^ NoSeg (Ttl (TtlTxt (mechanism for creating table of contents)))'-" is a process generated by bls and executes this. At this time, the- (hyphen) part is a part instructing the process to input the file name sequence listed in logical order.

At this time, when there is no usage information for all files and directories, the following list is input to the bfind process.

Table of contents .book / Create table of contents .doc Table of contents .book / Operation for creating table of contents .doc Table of contents .book / Operation flow .doc Table of contents .book / Operation procedure for creating table of contents .doc Table of contents .book / Points .book / Point The name of the file that has the segment that creates the .doc table of contents is "Create table of contents.doc", so the following display result is obtained.

[$ Bls -e table of contents.book ”bfind '^ NoSeg (Ttl (TtlTxt (mechanism of table of contents creation)))'-” table of contents creation.doc $ echo $? 0 $ ”By the way, this“ point.doc ” If is used, the output of the file name string is controlled, and the display result is as follows, and the process ends in error before the bfind process is spawned. The end status 22 is held as a result of the abnormal end.

[$ Bls -e table of contents.book ”bfind '^ NoSeg (Ttl (TtlTxt (mechanism of creating table of contents)))'-” bls: Specified BOOK locked $ echo $? 22 ”[Example 8] Book“ table of contents ” The result obtained by listing the document file names in logical order from ".book" is the document processing command bse.
It is an input to lect. This bselect outputs as standard the document parts having the pattern satisfying the conditions for the book "table of contents.book". The required document parts are "Akan
It is a segment having the keyword "e".

Below, "bselect '^ NoSeg (Ttl (TtlTxt (A
kane))) '-”is the part that describes the standard input of the results listed in logical order in the generated process.

If not used for all files and directories, bls is the directory "table of contents.b".
Generate and store the directory usage information of "ook".

The following list is generated and is the input to the bselect process.

Table of contents .book / Create table of contents .doc Table of contents .book / Operation of creating table of contents .doc Table of contents .book / Operation flow .doc Table of contents .book / Operation procedure of creating table of contents .doc Table of contents .book / Points .book / Point .doc bls is "bselect '^ NoSeg (Ttl (TtlTxt (Akane)))'
-"Wait for the end of the process, delete the directory usage information of the directory" Contents.book "stored at the end of the process, and end all the processing of bls. In this example, the segment having the keyword “Akane” is written in the file with the file name parts. Further, the end status 0 is held as a result of the normal end.

[$ Bls -e table of contents.book “bselect '^ NoSeg (Ttl (TtlTxt (Akane)))'-”> parts $ echo $? 0 $ ”According to the present embodiment, as described above, a plurality of When a file is being edited in one document composed of files, the file usage information indicating that the file is being accessed is added to the file name to be output. The information can be transmitted to the processing of. As a result, the fact is input to another process or displayed.

In the above-mentioned one document, if even one of the files held in a certain directory is being edited, the file use information indicating that the file is being accessed is output as the file name to be output. Since it is added to, the information can be transmitted to the subsequent processing. As a result, the fact is input to another process or displayed.

When the file for one document is being automatically processed (for example, page allocation processing), it is possible to retain and protect the information obtained by the processing, It is possible to avoid a malfunction that targets the file.

Further, when the process for one document is started, file use information or directory use information indicating that the document is accessed is added to lock the process by another process for the one document. After the processing is completed, the usage information is released, so that processing by another process becomes possible.

[0280]

As described above, according to the present invention, the file relation data holding means holds the file relation data indicating the logical relation of the file groups forming the document designated by the file group designating means, The relational data interpretation means interprets the logical relation of the file group based on the file relational data, and the output means further arranges the sequence of file names of the file group in the logical order of the document based on the interpretation result. Since the file is output, the process and the user in the subsequent stage can recognize the file names in the logical order of the files.

Since the file name column and the file use information indicating whether or not the file is accessed are output at the same time, the process and the user in the latter stage are accessing the file. And which files are being accessed.

Further, according to the present invention, the directory relation data holding means holds the file relation data indicating the logical relation of the directories holding all or a part of the file group forming the document designated by the file group designating means. Then, the file relational data interpretation means interprets the logical relation of the file group based on the file relational data,
Further, the output means outputs the name of the directory and the name of the file belonging to the directory in the logical order of the document based on the interpretation result. Directory names and file names can be recognized in the logical order of files.

Further, since the directory name and the corresponding directory use information are output at the same time in correspondence with each other, the process and the user in the latter stage can confirm that the directory, that is, the file is being accessed and which directory is being accessed. Can be recognized.

Further, since the document to be processed is locked, it is possible to exclusively control the process of another user for the document. Further, since the lock is released when the process for the document is completed, another user can process the document.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a structured document processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining file-related data according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining file usage information and directory usage information according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a structured document used in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a structured document used in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a structured document used in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a structured document used in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a structured document used in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a structured document used in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram for realizing the apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 14: Book (directory) used in this example
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between a command targeted for and other commands.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining a condition for locking a book as a designated directory in the directory.

16 is a diagram for explaining a locked state of the designated directory (book) shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of this embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of this embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of this embodiment.

FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Document processing unit, 20 ... File / directory related data holding unit, 30 ... File usage information holding unit, 40 ...
Directory usage information holding unit 101 ... File / directory relation data input unit 102 ... File / directory relation data holding unit 103 ... File / directory relation data interpretation unit 104 ... File use information input unit 105 ... File use information storage Reference numeral 106 ... File usage information interpretation unit, 107 ... Directory usage information input unit, 108 ... Directory usage information holding unit, 109 ... Directory usage information interpretation unit, 110 ... File name sequence holding unit, 111 ... File usage information generation unit, 112 ... File / directory usage information addition unit, 113 ... Directory usage information generation unit, 114 ... File usage information output unit,
115 ... Directory usage information output unit, 116 ... File name string output control unit, 117 ... File name string output unit, 11
8 ... Document processing process generation unit, 119 ... Document processing end detection unit, 120 ... File usage information deletion unit, 121 ... Directory usage information deletion unit, 210 ... Input device, 220 ...
Display, 230 ... Disk, 240 ... Main memory,
250 ... Central processing unit (CPU), 260 ... Bus.

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A structured document processing apparatus for performing a predetermined process on a structured document represented by a graph in graph theory, which stores a plurality of divided structured documents corresponding to a target document. File group specifying means for specifying a file group, file relationship data holding means for holding file relationship data indicating a logical relationship of the file group, and file relationship for interpreting the logical relationship of the file group based on the file relationship data A structured document comprising: a data interpreting unit; and an output unit for outputting a sequence of file names of the file group based on an interpretation result of the file relation data interpreting unit in a logical order of the document. Processing equipment. 2. A file use information holding unit that holds file use information indicating whether or not a file is accessed corresponding to all the files of the file group, wherein the output unit is the file When the column of the file name of the group is output, the held contents of the file use information holding means are referred to and the column of the file name and the corresponding file use information are associated and output at the same time. The structured document processing device according to claim 1. 3. A file usage information holding means for holding file usage information indicating whether or not a file is accessed corresponding to all files of the file group, and contents held in the file usage information holding means. If the file use information corresponding to at least one file is being accessed, the output means is controlled to prohibit the output of the column of file names. The structured document processing device according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. When all the file use information held in the file use information holding means is not accessed, a specified process is created and the file is sent to the created process. 4. The structured document processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising process generation means for inputting names of all files in the group. 5. If all the file usage information held in the file usage information holding means is not accessed, a usage information generating means for generating usage information of the file, and the generated usage information. Holding means for holding the usage information of the file, a process generation means for generating a specified process, and inputting the names of all files of the file group to the generated process, and a process generation means for generating the specified process. The method further comprises: a detection unit that detects that the process has ended, and a deletion unit that deletes the stored content of the usage information generation unit when the detection unit detects that the process has ended. Item 3. The structured document processing device according to item 3. 6. A structured document processing device that performs a predetermined process on a structured document represented by a graph in graph theory, and stores a plurality of divided structured documents corresponding to a target document. A file group designating unit that designates a file group that is a file group and is wholly or partially held in a directory; a relational data retaining unit that retains relational data indicating a logical relationship of the file group; A relational data interpreting unit that interprets a logical relation of the file group based on data, and a name of the directory and a name of a file that belongs to the directory based on an interpretation result of the relational data interpreting unit. Structured document processing apparatus, comprising: 7. Corresponding to the directory, further comprising directory use information holding means for holding directory use information indicating whether or not the directory is accessed, wherein the output means includes a name of the directory and a file 7. The structure according to claim 6, wherein when the name is output, the contents of the directory use information holding means are referred to and the name of the directory and the corresponding directory use information are associated and output at the same time. Document processing device. 8. Corresponding to the directory, reference is made to directory usage information holding means for holding directory usage information indicating whether or not the directory is accessed, and at least one of the holding contents of the directory usage information holding means is referred to. When the directory usage information corresponding to the directory indicates that the directory usage information is being accessed, the output means further includes output control means for controlling the output means to prohibit the output of the directory name and the file name. 7. The structured document processing device according to claim 6, wherein 9. A directory usage information holding means for holding directory usage information indicating whether or not a directory is accessed corresponding to the directory, and a file is accessed for all files of the file group. File usage information holding means for holding file usage information indicating whether or not the directory usage information corresponding to at least one directory is referred to. When it indicates that the file is being accessed, or when the file use information corresponding to at least one file is being accessed, the output unit is instructed of the directory name and the file name. Further, an output control means for controlling the output to be prohibited is further provided. Structured document processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the Bei was. 10. When all directory usage information held in the directory usage information holding means is not accessed, and when all file usage information held in the file usage information holding means is When it is indicated that the process is not accessed, the process further includes a process generation means for generating the specified process and inputting the name of the directory and the names of all the files of the file group to the generated process. The structured document processing device according to claim 9, wherein 11. When all directory usage information held in the directory usage information holding means is not accessed, and when all file usage information held in the file usage information holding means is If it indicates that the file has not been accessed, a usage information generating unit that generates usage information of the directory and usage information of the file, and a holding unit that holds the usage information of the created directory and the usage information of the file Means, a process generation means for generating a designated process, and inputting the name of the directory and the names of all files of the file group to the generated process, and the process generated by the process generation means ends Detecting means for detecting the fact that the 10. The structured document processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a deleting unit that deletes the contents held in the usage information generating unit when it is detected that the usage information has ended.