JPH05210467A - Method for copying to plural floppy disks - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently copy the contents of one floppy disk to plural floppy disks. CONSTITUTION:The number (m) of disks to copy the contents is designated 21 from a keyboard and according to relation 23 between the value (m) and the number (n) of floppy disk devices, the number of output floppy disk devices to be used is calculated. The calculated number of devices to be used is displayed 24 on a display as a guide message (a) or (b). According to the display, the output floppy disk is loaded. After one time of an output processing, it is judged 30 whether the remaining number (m-n) is equal to zero or not and when it is not zero, the similar operation is repeated until the remaining number becomes zero. Thus, when the number of disks to copy the contents is designated in the biginning, the guide message is displayed in the case of loading the output floppy disk, the label is compared with that of the copy source disk after loading the disk, and double copy to the copied floppy disk can be prevented as well. Further, since the once inputted information of the floppy disk is stored just for one floppy disk, it is enough only to execute the output processing in the case of repeating the processing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for copying the contents of one floppy disk onto a plurality of floppy disks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional copying method between floppy disks will be described below with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the input device number of the copy source and the output device number of the copy destination are designated by the input / output device 1. Information is received from the keyboard input processing unit 3 and the contents of two cylinders of the input floppy disk 2 of the designated device number are read. The read contents are written from the input processing unit 4 through the output processing unit 9-1 to the output floppy disk 10-1 for two cylinders.

Thereafter, the contents of the next two cylinders of the input floppy disk 2 are read and similarly written to the output floppy disk 10-1 via the output processing section 9-1. This operation is repeated until all the contents of the input floppy disk 2 have been read and written to the output floppy disk 10-1. Then, one copy process ends.

When it is desired to copy the contents of one floppy disk to a plurality of floppy disks, the input device number of the copy source and the output device number of the copy destination are designated by the input / output device 1 for each of the remaining floppy disks. However, the copying process is repeated. Therefore, when it is desired to copy to n floppy disks, the input process → the output process is executed n times.

When only one floppy disk device is connected, the same output device number as the input device number is designated, and the entire contents of the input floppy disk 2 are read in batch into the work area 11 on the hard disk. .. After the reading is completed, the medium is exchanged with the output floppy disk 10-1, and then the contents of the work area 11 are written and copied. After the processing is completed once, the contents of the work area 11 automatically disappear.

Further, as a method for performing high speed copying, a memory or a RAM file can be allocated and used equally as a floppy disk device.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned conventional method of copying to a plurality of floppy disks, in copying between floppy disks, the following contents are output after outputting a small amount of input / output contents at one time. It is done by the method of inputting. Therefore, it is necessary to specify both the input device and the output device in one copy processing, and the efficiency is poor because of sequential processing.

Further, even when the contents are collectively read and stored in the work area on the hard disk, the stored contents disappear when the copying process is completed once, so that they cannot be diverted even if the input sources have the same contents.

With the method of using a memory or a RAM file, input / output can be performed at a speed higher than the input / output processing speed with the floppy disk, but one floppy disk device is occupied.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above problems and provides a method of copying to a plurality of floppy disks, in which the contents of a source floppy disk are copied to a plurality of floppy disks. Content is stored in a storage unit having a capacity capable of collectively storing the number of copies, the number of copies m to the copy floppy disk is designated, and the output floppy disk device for recording the copy floppy disk is used to store the contents in the storage unit. The contents being copied to the copy floppy disk, and it is judged whether or not a value (mn) obtained by subtracting the number n of the output floppy disk devices from the number of copies m is zero,
If the value (m-n) is not zero, the copying from the storage unit to the copy floppy disk is repeated until the value (m-n) becomes zero.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, an input / output device 1 for designating an input / output device number and the number of copies at the time of copying, an input floppy disk 2, a keyboard input processing section 3, and an input processing section for a copy source floppy disk. 4, a storage unit 5 having a storage area for one floppy disk for storing the contents input from the copy source, a determination unit 6 for determining output according to the information instructed by the input unit 4, and a display output processing unit. 8, the output processing units 9-1 to 9-n, and the display output processing unit 8 for the screen or the output processing units 9-1 to 9 for the copy destination floppy disk according to the information sent from the determination unit 6. The output control unit 7 controls -n and the output floppy disks 10-1 to 10-n.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 in the case where the floppy disk device n is basically connected and copying is performed on m floppy disks.

First, the input device number of the copy source and the number of copies m are designated from the keyboard of the input / output device 1 (step 21 in FIG. 2). Next, enter the contents of the input floppy disk 2,
One sheet is read in batch into the input processing unit 4 (step 2
2) The read contents are stored in the storage unit 5 on the memory.

When the input process is completed, the floppy disk of the copy source is no longer necessary, the number of copies m designated in step 21 is compared with the number n of floppy disk devices (step 23), and a guide of the floppy disk device number to be used for output Display the message on the screen (Step 2
4).

If the number m of copies to be copied is greater than the number n of floppy disk devices, "Set the output floppy disks to all floppy disk devices."
Message a, and if less than the number of units,
The message b is "Please set the output floppy disk to the m floppy disk devices."

Then, after loading the output floppy disk according to the guide message (step 25), the label information of the set floppy disk is searched (step 26) and compared with the label information of the storage section which is the contents of the input floppy disk. Is performed (step 27).

If the label information is the same, it means that a copied floppy disk has been loaded, so an error message "This medium has been copied. Please replace it." Is displayed on the input / output device 1 screen. Display and prevent double copying on a floppy disk that has already been copied.

When the loading of the output floppy disk is completed, the output processing unit 9-1 selects the output processing unit 9-n according to the information from the determination unit 6, and the contents of the storage unit 5 are output from the output processing unit 9-1. The output processing unit 9-n writes the output device 10-n to the device 10-1 and writes it to the floppy disk n.
It is copied on a sheet (step 28).

After completion of one copy process, the display output processing section 8
Since the number of finished copies and the number of remaining copies are displayed on the screen of the input / output device 1 (step 29), the number of remaining copies (mn) desired to be copied is replaced with m. In step 30, it is determined whether or not m = 0, and if true, the copying process ends. If it is false, the output process will be repeated.
Before exchanging the medium of the output floppy disk, the guide message of the floppy disk device to be used is displayed depending on the remaining number.

After loading a new output floppy disk,
The labels are compared again, and after confirming that the floppy disk is correct, it is output. For the second and subsequent copying, the input floppy disk content stored in the storage unit 5 remains after the copying, so the input processing can be omitted.
Only output processing is performed. In this way, the output process is repeated while exchanging the output floppy disk, and the process is completed for m sheets. If it is judged that the remaining number of sheets = 0 (step 30), the process is finished.

[0024]

As described above, according to the copying method of the present invention, the contents of the floppy disk of the copying source are collectively read into the memory and stored therein. Therefore, it is not necessary to re-input the same contents when performing repeated processing, and a plurality of output floppy disk devices are used at one time, resulting in high processing speed.

Further, by designating the number of copies first and managing the remaining number of copies, the output floppy disk device number to be used is displayed as a guide message, so that the loading work of the output floppy disk is more efficient.
It also prevents loading a floppy disk that has already been copied.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram for the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a screen of the input / output device 1 in the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input / output device 2 Floppy disk for input 3 Keyboard input processing unit 4 Input processing unit 5 Storage unit 6 Judgment unit 7 Output control unit 8 Display output processing unit 9-1 to 9-n Output processing unit 10-1 to 10-n Floppy disk for output

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method of copying to a plurality of floppy disks for copying the contents of a copy source floppy disk to a plurality of copy floppy disks, wherein the contents of the copy source floppy disk can be collectively stored. The contents stored in the storage unit are stored in a storage unit having a capacity, the number of copies m to the copy floppy disk is designated, and the contents stored in the storage unit are recorded using n output floppy disk devices for recording on the copy floppy disk. After copying to the copy floppy disk, it is judged whether or not the value (mn) obtained by subtracting the number n of the output floppy disk devices from the number of copies m is zero, and the value (mn) is zero. If not, copying from the storage unit to the copying floppy disk is repeated until the value (mn) becomes zero. Copying method to multiple floppy disks. 2. When the number of copies m is greater than or equal to the number n, the copy floppy disks are set in all n output floppy disk devices.
2. The method for copying to a plurality of floppy disks according to claim 1, wherein the copy floppy disk is set in one output floppy disk device. 3. When the number m of copies is equal to or larger than the number n, a display for setting the copy floppy disks to all the output floppy disk devices is displayed, and when the number of copies m is small, the copy floppy disks are output to m output floppy disk devices. The method for copying to a plurality of floppy disks according to claim 1, wherein the display is made so as to set. 4. After setting a copy floppy disk in the output floppy disk device, the contents are read out in a predetermined area of the copy floppy disk, and the read contents are stored in the corresponding area of the copy source floppy disk. The method of copying to a plurality of floppy disks according to claim 1, wherein it is judged whether or not the contents match the contents. 5. The method of copying to a plurality of floppy disks according to claim 4, wherein the content of the corresponding area of the floppy disk of the copy source is label information.