JOB PROCESSOR

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently update a job list. SOLUTION: A registration file index where file names registered in a job list are sorted with the file names as keys and described and a current file index where the file names of a document file stored in a photo-folder are sorted with the file names as keys and described. The file names described in the registration file index are successively compared in the order of description with file names following the file names matched with the file names described in the registration file index in the previous comparison among the file names described in the current file index. When both file names are made coincident, all the file names used for this time comparison from which the file names whose comparison result is matched are removed among the file names described in the current file index are added to the job list. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO