Apparatus and method for searching files
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1. A file searching apparatus which forms a hierarchical structure of directories and manages files, wherein:
- a management table which is associated with a particular directory within said hierarchical structure of directories and which records at least one of a name of a subdirectory located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory is stored, and a name of a file located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory is stored, andsaid management table is supplied for accessing, from said particular directory, a directory or a file in a directory different from said particular directory, and comprises at least one of imaging date directories and image data files of a file structure.
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Abstract
A searching apparatus and a method thereof using a management table. A hierarchical structure of directories is created in a recording medium. With respect to at least one directory to be considered, the management table is associated with a list of contents of another directory other than the directory to be considered. In searching for a file, it is not necessary to move from the directory to be considered, and any directories or files which satisfy a specified searching condition are retrieved by looking up the management table of the directory to be considered.
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1. A file searching apparatus which forms a hierarchical structure of directories and manages files, wherein:
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a management table which is associated with a particular directory within said hierarchical structure of directories and which records at least one of a name of a subdirectory located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory is stored, and a name of a file located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory is stored, and said management table is supplied for accessing, from said particular directory, a directory or a file in a directory different from said particular directory, and comprises at least one of imaging date directories and image data files of a file structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for searching files stored in a storage medium, comprising the steps of:
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(a) entering a searching condition; and (b) searching and retrieving a matching file corresponding to said searching condition by using a hierarchical structure of directories and a management table stored in said storage medium, wherein said management table records, in association with at least one of a particular directory in said hierarchical structure of directories, a name of a subdirectory located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory, and a name of a file located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory, and the management table comprises at least one of imaging date directories and image data files of a file structure. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A storage medium for storing files, said storage medium being accessible by a computer, comprising:
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file data; data of a hierarchy of directories describing a hierarchical structure of directories of said file data; management table data associated with a particular directory within said hierarchical structure of directories, and which records at least one of a name of a subdirectory located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory and a name of a file located in a class at least two classes deeper than said particular directory, and comprises at least one of imaging date directories and image data files of a file structure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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