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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Makoto Mitsuda, Ibaraki, JP;
Masanori Ito, Moriguchi, JP;
Masafumi Shimotashiro, Katano, JP;
Tadashi Nakamura, Nara, JP;
Yasumori Hino, Ikoma, JP;
Makoto Mitsuda, Ibaraki, JP;
Masanori Ito, Moriguchi, JP;
Masafumi Shimotashiro, Katano, JP;
Tadashi Nakamura, Nara, JP;
Yasumori Hino, Ikoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A file management method for reducing a seek operation to a minimum even when a UDF file system is used is provided. The file management method has file management information for managing contiguous blocks on a disc as an extent and for grouping the extent as a file and managing the file, and includes the steps of: when creating a new directory on the disc, reserving as a reserved area for recording file management information on the file a file or a data area in the directory; and reserving a directory block having a predetermined size in the reserved area for recording a file entry of the directory and a file identifier descriptor of the directory.