JP2000207261A - File management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate identification and management of a file by holding a comment on the file. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a file system 1 such as a personal computer and EWS, a user interface means 5 which provides a user interface for specifying a file, imparting command information thereto, and retrieving and browsing previously registered file information file, a file system retrieving means 2 which performs retrieval from the file system 1 according to the indication of the user interface means 5 and specifies a necessary file, a file information storage means 3 which stores file names, path information, and comment information by files specified by the file system retrieving means 2, and a file information registering and retrieving means 4 which registers, retrieves, and browses information in the file information storage means with respect to the indication of the user interface means 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a personal computer, an EW
The present invention relates to a file management system managed in a hierarchical structure such as S.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a file management system such as a personal computer and an EWS, generally, files related to each other are managed in a hierarchical structure that can be collectively stored as one directory (folder). However, since the management method is left to the user, each person performs hierarchical management based on different rules.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional file management system, since the data management method is left to the user, each person performs hierarchical management based on different rules. When using other people's data, it was very difficult to find the necessary data without knowing the rules.

[0004] Also, when managing data by yourself, if it is operated according to the time without deciding the management rule, when searching for a file used in the past, when the file name is given, If it is not possible to specify which layer of which disk has been entered, it is necessary to search for files of all layers of all disks, which is very inconvenient.

[0005] Further, it is difficult to determine which files are necessary and which files are not necessary from the file name when organizing the inside of the disk.

In addition, when various files are downloaded using a network, the downloaded file name is a machine-generated name,
The problem is that if you do not understand the contents from the file name, you know at the time of downloading, but you will not know what the file is after a while, and if you download many files, it will be difficult to determine them was there.

[0007] In addition, when organizing files, if folders having a hierarchical structure are created in multiple hierarchies, it is difficult to grasp the whole picture by itself, and it becomes difficult to search for necessary files. there were.

[0008] An object of the present invention is to centrally manage the paths and file names of a plurality of files existing in different file systems and different hierarchies in a personal computer, EWS, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a file management system that facilitates file identification and management by retaining comments.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A file management system according to the present invention includes a file system including a disk such as a personal computer and an EWS, the specification of a file, the addition of comment information to the file, and the registration of a file already registered. User interface means for providing a user interface for searching and browsing information; file system search means for searching the file system based on instructions from the user interface means to specify necessary files; and file system search means A file information storage unit for storing, for each file, a file name, path information, and comment information input by the user interface unit of the file specified by the user interface unit; Registration information to broadcast storing means, retrieval, characterized in that it comprises, and file information registration and retrieval means for processing the viewing.

According to the present invention, a file can be searched based on comment information, and a file whose content cannot be specified from a file name or a file in a deep hierarchy which is difficult to search can be easily specified. .

[0011]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a file management system according to the present invention. The file management system of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a file system 1 composed of a disk such as a personal computer and an EWS, a file system search unit 2 for searching the file system 1 and searching for a necessary file, File information storage means 3 for holding information; file information registration / search means 4 for registering, searching, and extracting file information with respect to the file information storage means 3; It is composed of

Each of these means operates roughly as follows.

The file system search means 2 searches the file system 1 composed of a disk such as a personal computer and an EWS based on an instruction from the user interface means 5 and specifies necessary files.

The file information storage means 3 stores the file name, path information, and user interface means 5 of the file specified by the file system search means 2.
Is stored for each file.

The file information registration / retrieval unit 4 registers, retrieves, and browses information in the file information storage unit 3 based on an instruction from the user interface unit 5.

The user interface means 5 provides a user interface for specifying a file, adding comment information to the file, and searching for and browsing already registered file information.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a user interface provided by the user interface means 5, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating file information registration processing of the file information registration / retrieval unit 4, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating file information search processing of the file information registration / retrieval unit 4.

First, the file information registration processing will be described. Referring to FIG. 3, the file registration process is performed in the following procedure.

First, in the file selection step 12,
In cooperation with the file search unit 6 of the user interface unit 5 shown in FIG. 2, a file to be registered is specified from the file system 1 via the file system search unit 2.

Next, in a registered confirmation step 13, it is confirmed via the file information registration / retrieval means 4 whether the file specified in the file selection step 12 is registered in the file information storage means 3.

If the specified file is registered in the file information storage means 3, the process proceeds to a step 14 for reading registered information. Here, the file is recorded in the file information storage means 3 via the file information registration / retrieval means 4. The read file information of the designated file is read and displayed on the file name display section 7, the path name display section 8, and the comment input / display section 10 of the user interface means 5 shown in FIG.

Next, in a comment information setting (change) step 15, the user is prompted to input a required comment via the comment input / display section 10 of the user interface section 5 shown in FIG.

Finally, file information registration step 16
Then, the file specified in the file selection step 12 and the comment information input in the comment information setting (change) step 15 are registered in the file information storage means 3 via the file information registration search means 4.

Thus, the registration process is completed.

Next, the file information search processing at the time of searching for a registered file will be described. Referring to FIG. 4, the file information search process is performed in the following procedure.

First, the registration information search step 17 comprises:
When the search execution button 11 of the user inter-phase unit 5 shown in FIG. 2 is pressed, a search process is started, and the file information storage unit 3 is searched using the character specified in the search word specification unit 9 as a keyword.

The search using a keyword may be performed for any of a file name, a path name, and a comment. When nothing is specified in the search word specification unit 9, all registered information may be displayed on the user interface unit 5.

In the registered confirmation step 18, it is confirmed whether or not the result of the search is found or not. If the result is not found, the process goes to the search confirmation step 19 again, and prompts the user to confirm again whether or not there is a search.

If the file has been registered, the matching file information is read from the file information storage means 3 in the registration information reading step 20 and the information is stored in the file name display section 7 of the user interface means 5 shown in FIG. The name is displayed on the name display section 8 and the comment input / display section 10.

Thus, the file information search process is completed.

As described above, by storing file information of a file system together with comment information as file information, a search based on a comment can be performed.

It should be noted that, by adding an application starting function to the file specified by the user interface means 5, the retrieved file can be transferred to the execution of the application as it is. Good.

The present invention can be executed by a program.

Here, as a prior art, JP-A-6-30
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9205 discloses a file management method for centrally managing files in different hierarchies and adding comments to the files. However, the invention described in this publication merely displays a list of comments together with file names. However, it is not possible to search for a file based on the comment information input as in the present invention, and the technical contents are different from the present invention.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the file name of the required file, its path information and the comment are stored as the file information, the hierarchy can be specified based on the registration information of the file. Even in an environment with a complicated file system, a plurality of necessary files stored in various places can be specified without following the hierarchy.

According to the present invention, since the comment is stored as the file information, the content of the file can be easily specified from the comment information. Therefore, the content of the file whose file content is difficult to specify from the file name can be specified. It can be done easily without changing the file name.

Further, according to the present invention, since the path information of the file and the file name are stored as the file information, even if the file information is distributed in an arbitrary directory, the file information is managed centrally based on the file information. When performing file management, there is an effect that management of necessary files can be facilitated without changing the existing hierarchical structure.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a file management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a user interface provided by a user interface unit 5;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a file information registration process of a file information registration search unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a file information search process of a file information registration and search unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 File system 2 File system search means 3 File information storage means 4 File information registration search means 5 User interface means 6 File search part 7 File name display part 8 Path name display part 9 Search word designation part 10 Comment input and display part 11 Search Execute button

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A file management system which manages a file path and a file name and a comment for the file as a database and specifies a file by referring to the comment, thereby facilitating a file search. 2. A file system including a disk such as a personal computer and an EWS, and a user interface for specifying a file, adding comment information to the file, and searching and browsing already registered file information. User interface means for searching, a file system search means for searching the file system based on an instruction of the user interface means, and specifying a necessary file; file name and path information of the file specified by the file system search means And file information storage means for storing comment information input by the user interface means for each file; and information registration, search, and browsing processing in the file information storage means based on an instruction from the user interface means. A file management system comprising: 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the user interface means adds an application starting function to the specified file, so that the searched file can be transferred to the execution of the application as it is. The file management system according to claim 2, wherein 4. A file management method which manages a file path and a file name and a comment for the file as a database and specifies a file by referring to the comment, thereby facilitating a file search. 5. By storing a file name and path information necessary for specifying a file as a database,
A file management method characterized by facilitating file management without changing the directory structure of a file system. 6. A user interface procedure for providing a user interface for specifying a file, adding comment information to the file, searching and browsing already registered file information, and comprising a disk such as a personal computer or an EWS. A file system to be searched for based on the instructions of the user interface procedure, and a file system search procedure for specifying a necessary file; and a file identified by the file system search procedure based on the instructions of the user interface means. To execute a file information registration search procedure for registering, searching, and browsing information in a file information storage unit that stores a file name, path information, and comment information input by the user interface unit for each file. of A recording medium recording the program.