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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Tohru Hasegawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Takamasa Hirata, Kodaira, JP;
Naoki Imai, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Kamiya, Koutoh-ku, JP;
Yutaka Oishi, Kawasaki, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for generating enumerated information in which a plurality of files is enumerated except entirely-invalidated files on a sequential medium. Management information for managing locations where the plurality of files on the sequential medium are recorded is acquired from the sequential medium. The enumerated information in which the plurality of files are enumerated is generated in an order according to the locations where the plurality of files are recorded on the basis of the acquired management information.