CN1303543C - File management system and method for peripheral storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

A file management system of peripheral storage device and its method, in order to manage the file in the peripheral storage device of the computer, the apparatus searches the module to search for all external storage devices at first, obtain all peripheral storage device lists, then the apparatus loads the module and maps the apparatus searched for to the system route, the type receiving module receives and searches for the file type, the file search module searches for the file that accords with the type in the system route, display the search result by the display module of the result, thus will provide the user with the relevant file that the user wants to operate at one time, have facilitated users' operation.

Description

File management system and method for peripheral storage device

technical field

The invention relates to a file (File) management system and its method, in particular to a file management system and its method in a computer peripheral storage device.

Background technique

Since the birth of computers, storage devices have been an important part, and floppy drives, as an important member of storage devices, have played an important role. Due to the development of computer technology and the rapid development of storage technology and materials, the peripheral storage equipment industry of computers has undergone tremendous changes. In recent years, with the acceleration of informatization, the demand for storage products has increased significantly. With the continuous emergence of various storage media, especially the maturity of USB technology, the market for storage products will become wider and wider, and storage devices are gradually moving towards standardized path.

With the gradual increase of storage devices, especially the increase of USB devices, all motherboard manufacturers will also provide multiple USB interfaces to support these devices, and multiple storage devices can be connected to the PC at the same time. To operate the device files, it is necessary to find the files one by one in advance, and then operate the files. If the user does not know the path of such devices, it will be difficult to find the required files. For example, when the user copies the files of CD or USB peripherals to the hard disk, this function involves many devices, and it is uncertain, which may include CDs, USB CD drives, U disks, card readers, etc., known in these The way to find files in peripherals is to search one by one in the drive letters mapped to these devices. If the user does not know the specific paths of these devices, the work of finding is very complicated. Moreover, the user cannot preview the files before operating them. The user can only decide to operate the files according to the file names, which affects the accuracy of the operations.

Therefore, how to further improve the operability of multiple storage devices, and how to quickly obtain data and further operate on the data, so as to provide supporting solutions and comprehensive services for many storage devices, is the current data storage technology that needs to be improved.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention proposes a file management system and method for peripheral storage devices to solve the above-mentioned problems. The main purpose is to improve the operability of multiple storage devices. The files are provided to the user at one time for the user to operate, thereby reducing the complexity of the user's operation.

Therefore, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a file management system for peripheral storage devices, which is used to manage files in computer peripheral storage devices, and provide operable files to users at one time, including: a device search module, It is used to search for peripheral storage devices and obtain a list of all peripheral storage devices; a device loading module, according to the list of peripheral storage devices, sequentially maps unmapped peripheral storage devices to system paths; a type of receiving module is used to receive search File type, that is, the type receiving module receives the user's operation command, and determines the corresponding search file type according to the operation command; a file search module searches the system path for corresponding files that meet the requirements according to the search file type; and A result display module, which displays the corresponding searched files.

In addition, the file management method for peripheral storage devices proposed in the present invention includes the following steps: firstly search for peripheral storage devices to obtain a list of all peripheral storage devices, then establish a temporary installation path for peripheral storage, and map the temporary installation path to a system path, Then receive the search file type, that is, the receiving module receives the user's operation command, and determines the corresponding search file type according to the operation command, searches the system path for files matching the type, and finally displays the search result.

According to the file management system and method of peripheral storage devices proposed in the present invention, all qualified files in these devices are provided to the user at one time, and the user does not need to care about the specific path of the file, and does not need to know the details of those devices. The loading point can provide the files needed by the user at one time, reducing the complexity of user operations.

The detailed content and technology of the present invention are described as follows in specific embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the file management system of the peripheral storage device mentioned in the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the operation flowchart of the file management method of the peripheral storage device proposed by the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the flowchart of file preview of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the flow chart of receiving and searching file type of the present invention; And

5a to 5g are schematic diagrams of the interface of the embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

110 device search module

120 equipment loading module

130 type receiving module

140 file search module

150 result display module

Step 210 searches for peripheral storage devices to obtain a list of all peripheral storage devices

Step 220 establishes a temporary installation path for peripheral storage

Step 230 maps the temporary installation path to the system path

Step 240 receives search file type

Step 250 searches the system path for files matching the type

Step 260 displays search results

Step 310 obtains the full path of the file to be previewed

Step 320 calls the media playback library to play the preview file

Step 410 receives the user's operation command

Step 420 determines the search file type according to the command

Detailed ways

At present, there are more and more media used to store video, from the original tape storage to the later hard disk storage, CD storage, etc., all of which provide a broad space for video storage.

The present invention relates to a file management system of a peripheral storage device and a method thereof. First, the system of the present invention is illustrated by FIG. Obtain a list of peripheral storage devices, and then the device loading module 120 maps the devices in the list to system paths in turn. After the type receiving module 130 determines the type of search file, it sends the type to the file search module 140, and the search module searches for files that meet the requirements. Afterwards, it is sent to the result display module 150 to be displayed, so that the user operates the specific file, and each module is described in detail below:

(1) The device search module 110, which is used to search for peripheral storage devices and obtain a list of all peripheral storage devices. Peripheral storage devices include CDs, U disks, card readers, USB drives and other USB devices, and IDE drives.

(2) Device loading (Mount) module 120, according to this list of peripheral storage devices, maps the peripheral storage devices that have not been mapped as system paths successively, such as the U disk is mapped to /mmt/hdal, and the system judges whether the device has been loaded successively , after establishing a temporary installation path for the unmounted device, map it to the corresponding path.

(3) Type receiving module 130, which is used to receive the user's operation command, and determine the search file type according to the operation command. Receive the user's operation command, and read the list of file types to be searched from the search type description file.

(4) file search module 140, according to this search file type, in this system path, searches for the corresponding file that meets the requirements, according to the file type list, searches for the file that meets the requirements from the storage device, such as mp3, wav, and searches for it Files are added to the return list.

(5) The result display module 150 displays the corresponding searched files.

In the above system, an unmounting (Umount) module and a preview module may also be included.

The unloading module is used to unload the device loaded in this operation, and delete the temporary path established for it.

The playback preview module is used to preview the specified file according to the user's selection before the user performs operations such as adding, deleting, moving, and copying the file. If it is a multimedia file, the playback preview module obtains the full path of the preview file, and then calls the media playback library to play the preview file; if it is a non-multimedia file, the file selected by the user is added to the file list to realize file preview.

Next, the flow process of the present invention is illustrated by Fig. 2, which is a flow chart of the operation of the file management method of the peripheral storage device provided by the present invention, as follows:

First search peripheral storage device, obtain all peripheral storage device list (step 210), then set up peripheral storage temporary installation path (step 220), this temporary installation path mapping is system path (step 230), receives search file type (step 240 ), search for files of this type in the system path (step 250), and finally display the search results (step 260).

See also Fig. 3, in above-mentioned process, more comprise the step of file preview, if file is multimedia file, then at first obtain the full path (step 310) of desired preview file, call media play storehouse, play this preview file (step 320) . If the file is a non-multimedia file, add the file selected by the user to the file list to realize file preview.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , where receiving the search file type is to receive a user's operation command (step 410 ), and then determine the search file type according to the command (step 420 ).

The present invention will be described in detail below by taking the copying of multimedia files in the peripheral device to the hard disk as an example. Please refer to Fig. 5a to Fig. 5f, which are schematic diagrams of the interface of the embodiment of the present invention.

First, please refer to Figure 5a, the user selects the "1 copy" button on the player list interface, after the system receives the copy command, it determines the file type that can execute the copy command, and then searches for files of this type in all storage devices of the system (as shown in Figure 5b). The search results are displayed, see Figure 5c, and the list shows all files of the desired type. Users can also preview the files before operating on the files in the list. Referring to Fig. 5d, the user selects the file to be previewed in the search result list for preview. After previewing, select the file to be copied (as shown in Figure 5e), then the above-mentioned playlist (as shown in Figure 5f) that the file is copied to, the system copies the file (as shown in Figure 5g), and completes the copying operation , return to Figure 5c, and wait for user operations. If the user selects the "ESC to leave" button, return to Figure 5a.

Although the present invention is disclosed above with the foregoing preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, so any person familiar with the art can make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be as defined by the scope of the patent application.

Claims (11)

1, a kind of file management system of peripheral storage device, in order to the file in the supervisory computer peripheral hardware memory device, comprising:

One device search module, it obtains all peripheral storage device tabulations in order to the search peripheral storage device;

One equipment loading module, according to this peripheral storage device tabulation, the peripheral storage device that will not install is set up interim installation path successively, and it is mapped as system path;

One type receiver module receives user's operating command, and determines corresponding search file type according to this operational order;

One file search module is searched for satisfactory corresponding document according to this search file type in this system path; And

One display module as a result shows the corresponding document that searches.

2, the file management system of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein also comprises a previewing module, carries out preview in order to the file that will search.

3, the file management system of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 1 wherein also comprises a Unload module, and in order to the equipment unloading that will shine upon, and deletion is the temporary path of its foundation.

4, the file management system of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said file are multimedia file.

5, the file management system of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said file are non-multimedia file.

6, a kind of file management method of peripheral storage device, in order to the file in the supervisory computer peripheral hardware memory device, this method comprises the steps:

The search peripheral storage device obtains all peripheral storage device tabulations;

Set up the interim installation path of Peripheral storage;

Should be mapped as system path by interim installation path;

Receive user's operating command and determine the search file type according to this order;

Search meets the file of the type in this system path; And

Display of search results.

7, the file management method of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said file are multimedia file.

8, the file management method of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 7 wherein also comprises the playblast multimedia files, comprising:

Obtain the complete trails of preview file;

Call the media play storehouse, play this preview file.

9, the file management method of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said file are non-multimedia file.

10, the file management method of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 9 wherein also comprises the non-multimedia files of preview, and the file that is about to user's selection adds listed files to, realizes the file preview.

11, the file management method of peripheral storage device as claimed in claim 6 wherein also comprises step of unloading, comprising:

The mapping of cancellation memory device; And

Delete interim mapping path.

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