FILE MANAGING DEVICE, FILE MANAGING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH FILE MANAGING PROGRAM

摘要

In order to obtain a data transfer rate required to record/reproduce audiovisual data, the present invention is intended to provide a file control apparatus capable of immediately carrying out recording without executing any garbage collection process immediately before recording audiovisual data, a method therefor, and a recording medium with recorded file control programs; the file control apparatus of the present invention comprises a means for generating a contiguous free area in a disk apparatus, a means for generating fixed files in the contiguous free area, a means for structuring a large-capacity volume file by connecting the plural fixed files, and a means for maintaining the file arrangement of the fixed files at the time of the recording or renewal of the data of the fixed files. <IMAGE>