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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
Yuuji Kibuse, Yokohama, JP;
Yuuji Kibuse, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An external storage manager for managing an external storage storing one or more files and/or lower directories in association with a higher directory is disclosed, which causes computer to be equipped with directory acquiring means for acquiring a name of the higher directory, setting acquiring means for acquiring execution timing of a directory manager which manages the files and/or lower directories associated with the higher directory, directory displaying means for displaying on a screen the name of the higher directory acquired by the directory acquiring means, and setting displaying means for displaying on the screen the execution timing of the directory manager associated with the higher directory on condition that the higher directory displayed by the directory displaying means has been selected.