JP2000148559A - Method for specifying file storing destination and recording medium recorded with file storing destination specification program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to specify a required file storing destination medium without executing operation for specifying a storing medium. SOLUTION: A medium ID allocation program 40 executes processing for monitoring the identification(ID) result of medium ID software 50 and allocating medium ID to a newly fit medium. An automatic file storing program 22 is integrated in an application program(AP) 20 and executes processing for storing a file 21 prepared by the AP 20 in a corresponding medium in accordance with information stored in a grouping information data base 30.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a file storage destination designating method applied to an information processing terminal such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal, and a recording medium recording a file storage destination designation program in the information processing terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an information processing terminal such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal, a PCMCIA card (hereinafter, referred to as a PC card), a floppy disk (F).
D), a magneto-optical disk (MO), and a number of terminals that can be connected to a large number of exchangeable media (removable media) such as a removable HDD. When saving a newly created file on a medium using a word processor or spreadsheet software on the terminal, the user specifies a desired media drive from among the connected media drives and performs a save operation.

[0003]

However, when the conditions for creating a file meet a specific condition, if the medium to which the file is to be saved is determined,
It is troublesome to specify the destination media once. For example, in a case where a report is created daily using a specific word processing software, or a case in which a specific spreadsheet software is used to periodically generate a total result, a user generally prepares a daily report. Save files and regularly created files to a fixed medium. In such a case, it is troublesome to perform an operation for specifying the storage destination medium after the completion of the file creation.

As a method for specifying a medium, there is a method of writing specific identification information when a medium is first mounted on a terminal, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-62455. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-62455 further discloses that when a medium in which identification information is written is mounted on a terminal, information registered in association with the identification information is searched for, and an application program corresponding to the medium is searched. Has been disclosed. However, the publication does not disclose a technique for storing a created file in a medium. The information registered in association with the identification information merely includes the name of the corresponding application program.

According to the present invention, a file storage destination specifying method and a file storage destination specifying program which allow a user to specify a desired file storage destination medium without performing an operation of specifying a storage destination medium are recorded. It is intended to provide a recording medium.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a file storage destination designating method, comprising: a process of recording unique identification information on an external storage medium; a process of storing each correspondence between a file attribute and unique identification information; At the time of saving, the configuration includes a process of searching for the corresponding unique identification information based on the attribute of the file to be saved, and a process of setting the external storage medium corresponding to the searched unique identification information as a file storage destination.

[0007] The file storage destination specification method may be configured to output an error message when the corresponding external storage medium is not connected even if the file storage destination is determined.

The file storage destination specification method may be configured such that, when the corresponding unique identification information is not retrieved at the time of file storage, an external storage medium specified by the user is set as the file storage destination.

In the file storage destination specification method, the presence or absence of the unique identification information is confirmed when the external storage medium is connected, and if the unique identification information does not exist in the external storage medium, the new unique identification information is replaced with the new unique identification information. The information may be generated and stored, and the unique identification information may be written to an external storage medium.

The recording medium storing the file storage destination designation program according to the present invention records the unique identification information in an external storage medium, stores each correspondence between the file attribute and the unique identification information, and stores the correspondence when saving the file. This is a storage medium that stores a file storage location designation program that searches for unique identification information based on the attribute of a file to be saved and stores the file in an external storage medium corresponding to the searched unique identification information.

[0011] The file storage location designation program checks whether or not the unique identification information exists when the external storage medium is connected. If the unique identification information does not exist in the external storage medium, the program stores the new unique identification information. The information may be generated and stored, and the unique identification information may be written to an external storage medium.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration for implementing a file storage destination specifying method according to the present invention. In the configuration shown in FIG.
1. PC card 62, MO 63, compact flash 64, other media Y65 and media Z66 can be connected. The terminal 10 is equipped with media identification software 50 for identifying connected media.

The media ID assignment program 40
The identification result of the media identification software 50 is monitored, and a process of assigning a media ID to a newly mounted medium is performed. The file automatic storage program 22 incorporates the application program 20 and performs a process of storing the file 21 created by the application program 20 in a corresponding medium according to the information in the grouping information database 30. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a file is stored in the PC card 62. In this embodiment, the file storage destination designation program according to the present invention is realized by the media ID assignment program 40 and the file automatic storage program 22. These are stored, for example, in the internal hard disk of the terminal 10. That is, the recording medium on which the file storage destination designation program is recorded is a hard disk in this embodiment.

Next, a method of assigning a media ID will be described with reference to the block diagrams of FIGS. 2 and 3 and the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the media ID assignment program 40, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the grouping information database 30.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing of the media ID assignment program 40.

As shown in FIG. 2, the media ID assignment program 40 includes a media connection monitoring unit 42 for monitoring the identification result of the media identification software 50, and a media ID assignment unit for assigning a media ID to the newly mounted media 60. 41.

As shown in FIG. 3, in this example, each media ID and grouping information are stored in the grouping information database 30 in correspondence with each other. Media I
D includes a volume label and a unique ID of each medium previously mounted on the terminal 10. The volume label is generally assigned via an OS installed in the terminal 10, but the unique ID is assigned to the media ID assignment program 40.
And unique to the terminal 10. In the grouping information, conditions for files stored on the medium specified by the corresponding media ID are set.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, the media ID assignment program 40
0 is recognized (step S11),
It is detected whether a media ID exists in the medium (step S12). The media is still media I
If there is no D, the grouping information database 30
In step S13, a unique ID that does not exist is newly assigned (step S13). The medium ID including the numbered unique ID and the volume label of the medium is recorded on the medium (step S14). Also, the same media ID is recorded in the grouping information database 30 (step S15).

Next, the media ID assignment program 40 notifies the user that a new medium has been loaded (step S16). For example, a display to that effect is displayed on the display unit. At this time, a menu screen for registering grouping information is also presented. When the user inputs grouping information (step S17), the information is recorded in the grouping information database 30 in association with the media ID (step S18). As shown in FIG. 3, the grouping information includes a character string, a file size, a date, and the like. In addition, various conditions for automatic file storage such as a used application and a part of a file name can be used.

If the medium ID already exists in the connected medium, it is checked whether the volume label of the medium has been changed (step S1).
9). If changed, the media ID of the media
The volume label inside is also changed (step S2).
0). Further, the volume label in the media ID in the grouping information database 30 is also changed (step S21).

Next, an automatic file confirmation method will be described with reference to the block diagrams of FIGS. 3 and 5 and the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of the automatic file saving program 22, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the automatic file saving program 22.

As shown in FIG. 5, the file automatic storage program 22 stores the file attributes (character string, file size, date, etc.) and the grouping information database 3
A grouping information search unit 221 that compares each grouping information in 0 and detects a media ID that satisfies the condition.
And a media search unit 222 that searches the connected media 60A, 60B, and 60C for the media corresponding to the detected media ID.

The grouping information retrieving unit 221 of the automatic file saving program 22 executes a file saving operation by the application program (step S3).
1) Acquire the attribute of the file (step S3)
2). Then, the grouping information database 30 is searched to check whether there is any grouping information that satisfies the acquired attribute and condition (step S33). If there is grouping information that matches the conditions (step S3
4), a media ID corresponding to the grouping information is obtained and passed to the media search unit 222. Media search unit 2
22 detects whether or not a medium having a media ID that matches the media ID is connected (step S35). The media search by the media search unit 222 is performed based on the unique ID in the media ID.

If the medium search unit 222 detects a medium, the file is stored in the medium (step S36). If not detected, an error message is displayed to the user (step S37).

If the grouping information search unit 221 detects that there is no grouping information in the grouping information database 30 that satisfies the file attributes and conditions, the file cannot be automatically saved. A save menu screen is presented. That is, the user specifies a storage medium, and the file is stored on the specified medium (step S38).

As described above, according to this embodiment,
By searching the grouping information database 30 at the time of storing the file and specifying the media ID, the file can be automatically stored on the medium having the specified media ID. Therefore, when the user edits or partially revises a saved file and changes the file name before saving, the user can save the file without being conscious of the save destination medium. Also, for example, by including the application name in the grouping information, a file created by a specific application program can be stored in a medium desired by the user.

When a medium for storing a file is specified, a unique ID is assigned, so that the medium can be identified between media of the same type. Furthermore, even if the volume label of the media does not exist or there are multiple media with the same volume label,
The media on which the file is stored can be specified.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the file storage destination specifying method and the file storage destination specifying program are used to record the unique identification information on the external storage medium, and to determine the correspondence between the file attribute and the unique identification information. A process of storing each correspondence, a process of searching for the corresponding unique identification information based on the attribute of the file to be saved when saving the file, and a process of storing the external storage medium corresponding to the searched unique identification information as a file storage destination. Since the configuration includes the processing for performing the operation, the user can specify the medium of the file storage destination desired by the user without performing the operation of specifying the storage destination medium.

Even if the file storage destination is determined, if an error message is issued when the corresponding external storage medium is not connected, the user can be prompted to exchange media. As a result, the user can load a desired medium and save the file.

If the corresponding unique identification information is not retrieved at the time of saving the file, if the external storage medium specified by the user is configured to be the file storage destination, the user is provided with the next best solution for saving the file. Can be provided.

When the external storage medium is connected, the presence or absence of the unique identification information is checked. If the external storage medium does not have the unique identification information, new unique identification information is generated and stored. If the unique identification information is configured to be written to an external storage medium, the unique identification information can be used even if the volume label of the medium does not exist or a plurality of media having the same volume label exist. The media on which the file is stored can be specified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration for implementing a file storage destination specifying method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a structure of a media ID assignment program.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a structure of a grouping information database.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing of a media ID assignment program.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the structure of a file automatic storage program.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing of a file automatic storage program.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Terminal 20 Application program 21 File 22 File automatic storage program 221 Grouping information search part 222 Media search part 30 Grouping information database 40 Media ID allocation program 41 Media ID allocation part 42 Media connection monitoring part 50 Media recognition software

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A file storage destination specifying method for specifying an external storage medium in which a file created by application software is stored, wherein unique identification information is recorded on the external storage medium, and each correspondence between a file attribute and the unique identification information is recorded. The relationship is stored, and when the file is saved, the corresponding unique identification information is searched based on the attribute of the file to be saved, and an external storage medium corresponding to the found unique identification information is set as a file storage destination. File storage destination specification method. 2. The file storage destination specifying method according to claim 1, wherein an error message is issued when the corresponding external storage medium is not connected when the file storage destination is determined. 3. The file storage destination according to claim 1, wherein when the corresponding unique identification information is not retrieved at the time of storing the file, the external storage medium designated by the user is set as the file storage destination.
How to specify the file storage location described. 4. When the external storage medium is connected, the presence or absence of the unique identification information is confirmed. If the unique identification information does not exist in the external storage medium, new unique identification information is generated and stored. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the unique identification information is written to an external storage medium. 5. A recording medium recording a file storage destination specifying program for specifying an external storage medium as a file storage destination, wherein the file storage destination specifying program records unique identification information in the external storage medium, and stores a file attribute and a file attribute. Each correspondence with the unique identification information is stored, and when saving the file, the corresponding unique identification information is searched based on the attribute of the file to be saved, and the external storage medium corresponding to the searched unique identification information is stored in the file storage destination. A recording medium on which a file storage destination designation program is recorded. 6. The file storage destination specifying program checks whether or not the unique identification information exists when the external storage medium is connected, and if the unique identification information does not exist in the external storage medium, a new unique identification information is provided. 6. A recording medium storing a file storage location designation program according to claim 5, wherein the information is generated and stored, and the unique identification information is written to an external storage medium.