JPH05165615A - Patch revision management system for load module - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm and manage a revision number and a date as the update information of a system load module in a patch revision managing system for a load module. CONSTITUTION:A load module patch means 2 which outputs a patch content to the load module, an updated revision number, and the date to a load module file 5, a load module revision managing file update means 3 which updates a load module revision managing file 6 provided with the revision numbers and update dates of all the system load modules, and a load module revision managing content output means 4 are provided in a load module patch program 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for facilitating confirmation of revision number and date and time as update information of load module. Technology.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of load module patch program, load module patch means for outputting patch contents (updated data), updated load module revision number and date and time acquired from the operating system to a load module file as update date and time. Have

[0003]

This conventional load module patch program has only the load module patch means for outputting to the load module file the patch contents, the updated load module revision number and the date and time acquired from the operating system as the update date and time. Therefore, when the system administrator checks the revision number and update date and time as the update information of multiple load modules, it takes time because it must be checked for each load module. There was a problem that the update information of the load module could not be confirmed simultaneously as a list.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a load module patch revision management system that facilitates confirmation and management of revision numbers and dates and times as update information of load modules in the system.

[0005]

According to the patch revision management system for a load module of the present invention, a load module file having a load module name, a load module revision number, and a load module update date and time, and a patch content to the load module are updated. The load module revision means that outputs the load module revision number and the date and time acquired from the operating system as the update date and time to the load module file, and the load module revision information that includes the load module name, the load module revision number, and the load module update date and time as a system Load module revision control file for all the load modules in it and the updated load when the load module file is updated by the load module patch means The load module revision management update means that outputs the load module revision number in the load module revision management file and the load module update date and time to the load module revision management file using the module name as a key, and all load modules in the system by inputting the load module revision management file And a load module revision management content output means for outputting a list output of the revision number and the update date and time of the same to the CRT or the printer together with the load module name.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a load module patch program which is an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a load module patch program, which is started by the OS 9 and has a load module patch means 2, a load module revision management file updating means 3, and a load module revision management content output means 4. Reference numeral 9 denotes an OS having control functions such as process management, input / output control, and memory management of the entire computer apparatus, which can control at least the load module patch program 1.
The load module patch means 2 updates the load module file 5 having the load module name, the load module revision number, and the load module update date and time to the patch content of the load module, the updated load module revision number, and the date and time acquired from the OS 9 as the update date and time. Output as. When updating the load module file 5 by the load module patch means 2, the load module revision management file updating means 3 uses the updated load module name as a key to load module revision number in the load module revision management file 6,
The load module update date and time is searched, and the updated load module revision number and load module update date and time are output to the load module revision management file 6. Load module revision control content output means 4
Inputs the load module revision management file 6 and outputs a list of the revision numbers and update dates and times of all load modules in the system together with the load module name to the CRT or printer.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the load module revision management file 6. The load module revision management file 6 includes the revision number of the load module revision management file 6, the update date and time of the load module revision management file 6, and the revision number and update date and time of each load module in all the load modules 1 to n in the system. Has been.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the revision management configuration of the load module file 5. The revision number and update date and time of each load module are set in the data area of the load modules 1 to n in the system.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

The load module patch means 2 in the load module patch program 1 outputs the contents of the load module patch to the load module file 5 and increments the load module revision number by 1 to obtain the current date and time from the OS 9, Output to the area of the revision number and update date and time of the load module file shown.
At this time, the load module revision management file updating means 3 inputs the load module revision management file 6 having the file structure shown in FIG. 2 to the memory, and the load module revision management in the memory area of the load module revision management file structure shown at 61 in FIG. The revision number of the file is incremented by 1, and the current date and time acquired from the OS 9 is written to the update date and time of the load module revision management file indicated by 62 and used for confirmation as update information of the load module file 5. Next, as an example, the update of the revision number and date and time of the load module 1 will be described by limiting the patch to the load module 1 among the n load modules 1 to n existing in the system. Using the name of the load module 1 shown at 63 in FIG. 2 as a key, the memory in which the load module revision management file 6 is expanded is searched, and the name 6 of the load module 1 is searched.
3. Find the area of the revision number 64 of the load module 1 and the update date and time 65 of the load module 1, increment the revision number 64 of the load module 1 by 1, and set the update date and time 65 of the load module 1 to the current date and time acquired from OS9. Write. Similarly, when the load modules 2 to n are also patched, the same processing is performed. With the above, the load module revision management file 6 of FIG.
Revision number 61 of the in-memory load module revision management file, the update date and time 62 of the load module revision management file, load module 1
Since the revision number 64 and the update date and time of the load module 1 have been updated, the memory contents in which the load module revision management file 6 is expanded are output to the load module revision management file 6. When the operator confirms the revision number and update date and time of the latest load module in the system, the load module revision management content output means 4 of the load module patch program 1 of FIG. CRT7 or PR8 as a list of in-system load module revision number and update date and time
Output to.

[0012]

As described above, the present invention includes the load module revision management file, the load module revision management file updating means, and the load module revision management content output means in the load module patch program. The administrator can confirm the revision number and the update date and time as a list of load module update information at the same time as a list of load modules, and it takes less time than checking the load module update information for each load module. In addition, the revision management file is updated by the load module patch program without being aware of the system administrator at the time of patching, revision management is easy, and the revision of the load module can be managed separately from the load module file. There is an effect that.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a load module patch program of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the load module revision management file 6 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a revision management configuration diagram of the load module file 5 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 load module patch program 2 load module patch means 3 load module revision management file updating means 4 load module revision management content output means 5 load module file 6 load module revision management file 7 CRT 8 printer 9 OS (Operating System)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A load module having a load module name, a load module revision number, a load module update date and time, and a load module in a patch program for executing a function for temporarily modifying a load module (hereinafter referred to as a patch). To the load module file with the updated patch module contents, the updated load module revision number, and the date and time acquired from the operating system as the update date and time, and the load module name, load module revision number, and load module update date and time as a pair. The load module revision management file that has the load module revision information for all the load modules in the system, and the load module revision means. When updating a file, the updated load module name is used as a key to search the load module revision number and load module update date and time in the load module revision management file, and the updated load module revision number and load module update date and time are stored in the load module revision management file. A load module revision management file updating means for outputting and a load module revision management content outputting means for inputting the load module revision management file and outputting a list of revision numbers and update dates and times of all load modules in the system together with the load module name to a CRT or a printer. A patch module revision control system for load modules.