FILE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE GENERATOR AND RETRIEVAL TOOL FOR USE ON A NETWORK

摘要

A file directory structure generator and retrieval tool for use in a computer network is disclosed. The computer network comprises an output device, a local memory (18), a shared memory (19), and a local processor operating according to an operating system (8) and an application program. The local memory (18) and the shared memory (19) store files in a directory structure. Each file and level in the directory structure has network access privileges. The file directory structure generator and retrieval tool has a document locator module (20) that maps the directory structure of the files stored in the memory (18, 19) to a real world hierarchical file structure of files and directories independent of conventions of the operating system. The document locator module (20) can also change the network access privileges for files and directories without exiting the application program.