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A parent workstation 1 has a master file updating section 4 for updating master files 7, a delivery start notifying section 5 for forwarding the directory list of the master files 7 to a child work-station, and a master delivery section 6 for forwarding data or information requested by the child wor

A parent workstation 1 has a master file updating section 4 for updating master files 7, a delivery start notifying section 5 for forwarding the directory list of the master files 7 to a child work-station, and a master delivery section 6 for forwarding data or information requested by the child workstation; and the child workstation has a slave file updating section 11 for updating slave files 14, an updated asset registering section 12 for forwarding updated data or information to the master files 7, and a slave delivery section 13 for comparing the contents of the directory list of the master files 7 and those of the directory list of the slave files 14, and requesting the parent workstation 1 to forward the data or information which is found different.

대표청구항 ▼

An automatic delivery system for master files in a distributed processing system comprising a parent workstation provided with master files for storing data or information to be shared within said distributed processing system; child workstations connected by communication lines to the parent workst

An automatic delivery system for master files in a distributed processing system comprising a parent workstation provided with master files for storing data or information to be shared within said distributed processing system; child workstations connected by communication lines to the parent workstation and provided with slave files for storing data or information acquired from said master files; and grandchild workstations, connected by communication lines to the child workstations, for utilizing data or information in said slave files to execute business processing, wherein said parent workstation comprises a master file updating section, a delivery start notifying section, and a master delivery section; the master file updating section comprising means for updating said master files with data or information forwarded from said child workstations; the delivery start notifying section comprising means for forwarding directory lists of said master files to said child workstations; the master delivery section comprising means for removing data or information requested by said child workstations from said master files, and means for forwarding said requested data or information to said child workstations; and wherein each of said child workstations comprises a slave file updating section, an updated asset registering section, and a slave delivery section; the slave file updating section comprising means for updating said slave files; the updated asset registering section comprising means for forwarding to said parent workstation data or information in said slave files upon updating by the slave file updating section; and the slave delivery section comprising means for comparing a content of the directory list of said master files forwarded by said parent workstation with a content of the directory lists of said slave files, means for requesting said parent workstation to forward the data or information in said master files which is found to be different, and means for instructing said slave file updating section to update said slave files with the data or information received in response to the request.