Apparatus and method for storing data in a storage medium, while saving storage areas which are used for holding a data path name and become necessary in response to the storing of data

摘要

An apparatus and method for storing and retrieving data files from a storage medium are disclosed. A storage medium stores one or more data files and address information showing the path of each data file. The address information is characterized in that numerical values derived or converted from given parts of the path names are used as the address information, whereby a data configuration which occupies less memory space than storing the path names as character strings. A numerical value can be designated from the numerical values and a character string can be generated from the numerical value to retrieve a corresponding data file.