Non-transitory computer-readable media storing file management program, file management apparatus, and file management method

• US 9,690,796 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2014
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Sugano, Hiroyasu, Itasaki, Akira, Aritake, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Merilyn
• Application Number:
  US14/314,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20150032785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,098 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a file management program for causing a computer to execute a file management process including: transmitting a file search request based on a search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receiving file information searched by the respective other information processing apparatuses, and displaying the file information in the search result; selecting another information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a file which is selected from the search result, based on the transfer time of the selected file to the currently operating information processing apparatus; and requesting transfer of the selected file to the selected other information processing apparatus to be the transfer source, receiving the transferred selected file and displaying the selected file.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a file management program therein for causing a computer to execute a file management process comprising:

transmitting, in response to a file search request based on a search condition, a file search request based on the search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receiving file information searched by the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively, and displaying the file information in a search result on the currently operating information processing apparatus;

selecting a first information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a selected file which is selected from the search result;

requesting transfer of the selected file to the first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source that is selected, receiving the selected file that is transferred and displaying the selected file on the currently operating information processing apparatus;

selecting a second information processing apparatus to be a transfer destination out of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses after the displayed selected file is edited to form an edited selected file and in response to an update request for the edited selected file, based on transfer time to transfer the edited selected file from the currently operating information processing apparatus to the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively; and

transferring the edited selected file to the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, and transferring the edited selected file to a third information processing apparatus that stores an update destination file of the edited selected file via the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, such that the update destination file is updated.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 1 further comprising:

selecting an acquisition source file of the edited selected file as the update destination file, and selecting a file other than a backup file when the acquisition source file is a backup file,

wherein the acquisition source file is stored in the first information processing apparatus to be the transferred source.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 2 further comprising:

making a file type determination as to whether the same file as the selected file, stored in each of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses that stores the same file, is a backup file or not.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 3, wherein

in determination of the file type, a first folder of which creation date/time is more current and a second folder of which creation date/time is older, constituting a pair of folders storing the same file as the selected file, are found, a plurality of folders in a parent folder of the first folder are sorted by the creation date/time, and when a first condition that a difference of the creation date/time of folders, that are adjacent in terms of the creation date/time, is the same, is satisfied, the file in the first folder is determined as a backup file.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 4, wherein

in determination of the file type, when the first condition is satisfied and when a folder having a first creation date/time, out of the plurality of folders in the parent folder, stores all the files stored in the second folder and having a creation date/time from the first creation date/time to a second creation date/time, which is older than the first creation date/time by the difference, the file in the folder having the first creation date/time is determined as a backup file.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 3, wherein

in determination of the file type, whether the same file as the selected file is a backup file or not is determined based on file type information that indicates whether the same file as the selected file is a backup file or not, the file type information being acquired from the plurality of other information processing apparatuses that stores the same file as the selected file.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 1, wherein

in selecting the first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source, the transfer time to transfer the selected file from each of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses that stores the selected file to the currently operating information processing apparatus is calculated based on transfer speed from each of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses to the currently operation information processing apparatuses, or based on the transfer speed, a file size of the selected file, and transfer start time taken by each of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses to start transfer, and

another information processing apparatus that has a shortest transfer time is selected as the first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 1, wherein

in selecting the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, the transfer time to transfer the edited selected file from the currently operating information processing apparatus to the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively is calculated based on transfer speed from the currently operating information processing apparatus to each of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses, or based on the transfer speed, a file size of the edited selected file, and reception start time taken by each of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses to start reception, and

another information processing apparatus that has a shortest transfer time is selected as the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 1, wherein

in displaying the file information in the search result, the file information in the search result is displayed avoiding a redundancy of file names.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 1, wherein

in selecting the first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source, a transfer-target selected file stored in the selected first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source is permitted to be a backup file.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores the file management program according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of other information processing apparatuses include an information processing apparatus that edits files as well as a storage device that does not edit files but that stores files.

12. A file management apparatus that manages files in a plurality of information processing apparatuses which are communicably connected via a network, comprising:

a memory;

a processor, connected to the memory, that perform a process including,

transmitting, in response to a file search request based on a search condition, a file search request based on the search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receiving file information searched by the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively, and displaying the file information in a search result on the currently operating information processing apparatus;

selecting a first information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a selected file which is selected from the search result;

requesting transfer of the selected file to the first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source that is selected, receiving the selected file that is transferred and displaying the selected file on the currently operating information processing apparatus;

selecting a second information processing apparatus to be a transfer destination out of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses after the displayed selected file is edited to form an edited selected file and in response to an update request for the edited selected file, based on transfer time to transfer the edited selected file from the currently operating information processing apparatus to the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively; and

transferring the edited selected file to the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, and transferring the edited selected file to a third information processing apparatus that stores an update destination file of the edited selected file via the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, such that the update destination file is updated.

13. A file management processing method of managing files in a plurality of information processing apparatuses which are communicably connected via a network, comprising:

transmitting, in response to a file search request based on a search condition, a file search request based on the search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receiving file information searched by the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively, and displaying the file information in a search result on the currently operating information processing apparatus;

selecting a first information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a selected file which is selected from the search result;

requesting transfer of the selected file to the first information processing apparatus to be the transfer source that is selected, receiving the selected file that is transferred and displaying the selected file on the currently operating information processing apparatus;

selecting a second information processing apparatus to be a transfer destination out of the plurality of other information processing apparatuses after the displayed selected file is edited to form an edited selected file and in response to an update request for the edited selected file, based on transfer time to transfer the edited selected file from the currently operating information processing apparatus to the plurality of other information processing apparatuses respectively; and

transferring the edited selected file to the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, and transferring the edited selected file to a third information processing apparatus that stores an update destination file of the edited selected file via the second information processing apparatus to be the transfer destination, such that the update destination file is updated.