JPH07129507A - Automatic post processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic post processing system where different post processings for every command and the processing object can be easily defined and a file control is easy, in a computer system executing processings according to inputted commands. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a file holding part 1 classifying and holding plural files, a command recognition part 3 recognizing an inputted command, a command execution part 4 executing the recognized command, a post processing judgment part 5 judging whether a post processing definition file defining the post processing for the executed command is held in the file holding part or not. a post processing recognition part 6 reading the post processing definition file and recognizing the definition of the post processing and a post processing execution part 7 executing the post processing according to the definition.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer system for executing processing in response to an input command, and more particularly to an automatic post-processing method for automatically executing post-processing for an executed command.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a computer system that executes a process according to an input command, when a certain command is executed, it is sometimes desired to perform post-processing for the execution of the command. The post-processing includes, for example, printing the execution result of the command and deleting the temporary file.

Conventionally, in order to automatically execute post-processing for command execution, a batch file for automatically executing commands sequentially is created, and in this batch file, the desired processing is executed. The command representing the main body and the command corresponding to the post-processing content for the command were described. Then, by starting and executing this batch file, the command of the processing main body and post-processing for it are automatically performed.

[0004]

In the conventional method using the batch file, the relationship between the process (command) and the post-process is fixed. Therefore, if you want to perform the same process for different process targets and perform different post-processes for each process target, create a batch file for each process target or branch to a different post-process for each process target. It is necessary to create a batch file in.
In the case of, it is necessary to create a huge number of batch files and manage them depending on the number of processing targets, and in the case of, there is a problem that the batch file itself becomes complicated.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic post-processing method in which post-processing different for each command and processing target can be easily defined and file management is easy.

[0006]

According to the automatic post-processing method of the present invention, a file holding means for classifying and holding a plurality of files, a command recognition means for recognizing an input command, and a recognized command execution. Command execution means, post-processing determination means for determining whether a file defining post-processing for the executed command is held in the file holding means, and reading the file defining the post-processing to perform the It has post-processing recognition means for recognizing the definition of post-processing and post-processing execution means for executing post-processing according to the definition.

[0007]

The file holding means for classifying and holding a plurality of files, the post-processing judging means for judging whether or not the file defining the post-processing for the executed command is held in the file holding means, and the post-processing judging means according to the definition. Since it has a post-processing execution unit that executes post-processing, it is possible to read and execute the file that defines the post-processing according to the classification, and easily define the post-processing according to the command and the processing target. Can be executed.

In the present invention, it is desirable to use a file system for holding and managing files by a so-called directory system as the file holding means. When using such a file system, the files to be processed are arranged in directory units, and the files that define post-processing are arranged in the same directory as the processing target for each processing target. You can do this. By configuring in this way,
By searching only the directory in which the file to be processed exists, it is possible to find the file that defines the post-process corresponding to the process (command) and the process target.

The file that defines the post-processing is set for each command. However, when using a file system in which the file name of each file is composed of the file name body part and extension, the post-processing is performed. The file name of the file to be defined may be such that the main part of the file name matches the command name, and the extension is a specific character string indicating that the file defines post-processing.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an automatic post-processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of this automatic post-processing method. here,
A computer system using MS-DOS (MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation), which is an operating system (OS) that is widely used in personal computers, will be described as an example. The automatic post-processing method of this embodiment is provided between the key input unit and the command interpreter (command.com) in the case of a computer using MS-DOS. It can also be realized as a resident program (TSR program).

In this automatic post-processing method, a file holding unit 1 for holding a plurality of files for each directory, a command input unit 2 for inputting a command, a command recognition unit 3 for recognizing an input command, and a file holding unit. Part 1
A command execution unit 4 that executes the recognized command while accessing the file to be processed stored in
Post-processing determination unit 5 that determines whether the post-processing definition file that defines the post-processing for the executed command is held in the file holding unit 1, and post-processing determination file is read to recognize the post-processing definition It is composed of a process recognition unit 6 and a post-process execution unit 7 that executes post-process according to this definition.

The file holding unit 1 is composed of the MS-DOS file system itself. MS-DOS
In, the files to be processed are collected in directory units, and the post-processing definition file is created for each directory correspondingly. The file name in MS-DOS is expressed as "xxxxxxxx.yyy" if the path name to the directory in which it is located is omitted, and the yyy portion of the file name is called the extension. The post-processing definition file may be distinguished from other files by the extension. For example, if the extension "ppp" represents a post-processing definition file, the file name of the post-processing definition file for the processing of the command name "update" is "updat
e.ppp ".

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG.

When a command is input to the command input unit 2 (step 11), the command recognition unit 3 holds a character string of the input command for reference in subsequent processing (step 12). For example, the character string "update file 1" is stored. Here, "file1" is the file name of the file to be processed by this command ("update"). Then, the command execution unit 4 executes the process for the input command (step 13). The process of executing this command process is the same as the process in a normal MS-DOS.

After the command is executed, the post-processing determination means 5 checks whether the post-processing definition file ("update.ppp" in this example) for the executed command exists in the directory in which the file to be processed exists. If the post-processing definition file does not exist, the process is terminated, and if not, the process proceeds to the next process.

Then, the post-processing recognition unit 6 reads the contents of the post-processing definition file whose existence has been confirmed (step 15) and determines the post-processing to be performed.
If the content of the post-processing is to simply execute another command of MS-DOS, the content of the post-processing definition file may be any that specifies the command itself to be executed in the post-processing. . Further, in the post-processing, if an argument such as a file name is required, the character string held in the command recognition unit 3 may be converted. For example, if it is desired to print the content of the processed file as post-processing, the content of the post-processing definition file should be set to "print $ 1". "$ 1" represents a dummy argument, and the argument ("file
1 ").

After that, the post-processing execution section 7 executes the above-mentioned post-processing ("print file 1" in this example) (step 16), and the processing ends.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, information defining post-processing for each command and processing target is attached in the form of a post-processing definition file to manage post-processing definition information as well as the processing target. Since it is possible to perform management, the post-processing definition information can be described for each processing, which has the effect of simplifying the definition method.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic post-processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the automatic post-processing method of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 File holding unit 2 Command input unit 3 Command recognition unit 4 Command execution unit 5 Post-processing determination unit 6 Post-processing recognition unit 7 Post-processing execution unit 11 to 16 steps

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic post-processing method in a computer system for executing a process according to an input command, comprising a file holding means for classifying and holding a plurality of files, and a command recognition for recognizing the input command. Means, command executing means for executing the recognized command, post-processing determining means for determining whether a file defining post-processing for the executed command is held in the file holding means, and the post-processing An automatic post-processing method having post-processing recognition means for recognizing the definition of the post-processing by reading a file that defines the post-processing and post-processing execution means for executing post-processing according to the definition. 2. The file holding means holds and manages files in directory units, and the post-processing determination means searches for a file that defines post-processing in the same directory as the file to be processed. The automatic post-processing method according to claim 1, wherein 3. The post-processing determination means, when the file name includes a specific extension and the part of the file name excluding the extension matches the command name of the executed command, the file The automatic post-processing method according to claim 1, wherein the post-processing is determined as a file that defines post-processing for the executed command.