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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2000
Jun Hikita, Kanagawa, JP;
Akifumi Mishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention is equipped with setting means for setting whether files under the same custody structure are preferentially selected, procuring means for procuring information on a day on which the last access was made and information on the file size regarding each one of the respective files stored in the memory means, calculating means for calculating a score regarding each of the respective files according to the number of days that have lapsed from the day of the last access and the file size, and selecting means for selecting a desired file from among the respective files by using the score and the result of the setting performed by the setting means. With this construction, when in the computer of hierarchy storage management type collectively replacing a file within the buffer memory with a file that is newly transferred from the main memory, it is so arranged that a plurality of files under the same directory can be collectively replaced.