JPH03186960A - Automatic retrieval/output system for patch information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the retrieval omission owing to an artificial error by automatically retrieving a patch including designated control information among held patches from a patch holding means, editing and outputting it. CONSTITUTION:A started computer 1 reads leading patch information among patch information held in a magnetic disk device 2 and the presence or absence of patch information is judged. If patch information exists, it is judged whether control information added to the above information coincides with control information which is previously inputted as a retrieval condition. If they coincide, patch information concerned is saved in a work area on a main storage in the computer 1. Then, subsequent patch information is read from the magnetic disk device. All patch information which are saved are edited in a table form and are outputted to a printing output device 4. Thus, necessary patch information can automatically be retrieved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an automatic search and output method for patch information used in computer systems and the like.

(Prior art) (1) Programs used in computer systems, etc. are partially modified to address defects discovered after they were created. It is held in a recording device such as a magnetic disk as patch information along with management information such as the creator's name.

Conventionally, the process of editing the patch information into a tabular format and printing it out on a printer or the like, as well as the process of searching for necessary information from the output patch information, have all been performed manually.

(Question H that the invention seeks to solve) The above-mentioned conventional editing, outputting, and searching of patch information is all done manually, which takes time and effort, and is prone to omissions in searches due to human error. There is.

(!! [Means for Solving the Problem] The automatic search and output method for patch information according to the present invention includes a patch information holding means and management information specified from among the patches held in the patch information holding means. (2) automatic search/output means for automatically searching, editing and outputting the patch holding means;
The system is configured to automatically search for necessary patch information without manual intervention.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be explained in detail together with examples.

(Embodiment) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer system that executes an automatic search and output method for patch information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and 1 is a computer system that executes an automatic search and output program. , 2 is a magnetic disk device that holds created patch information, 3 is a human-powered device that manually inputs startup commands and search conditions to the computer 1, and 4 is a printout device.

The patch information held in the magnetic disk device 2 includes the contents of a patch modification made to a certain computer program, and management information such as the date and time of creation and the name of the creator.

When searching for this patch information, the computer 2 is activated (3) by inputting a command from the human-powered device 1, and searches for one of the management information attached to the patch information, such as the date of creation and the name of the creator, or one of these pieces of management information. The combination is entered as a search condition.

The activated combination 1-ri 1 follows the flowchart I in Figure 1.
・Start execution of the automatic search/output program shown in .

First, the first piece of patch information held in the magnetic disk device 2 is read out (step 11), and the presence or absence of such patch information is determined (step 12). If this patch information exists, this It is determined whether or not the management information added to the search condition matches the management information entered as the search condition (step ■3). If they do not match, the corresponding patch information is saved in the work area on the main memory of the computer. etc. (step 14).Subsequently, the next patch information is read from the magnetic disk device (step 15).
), the process returns to step 12 to determine the presence or absence of patch information, and then steps 13 and 14 are repeated. If it is determined in step 13 that the management information does not match the search conditions, the corresponding patch information (4) is not saved and the process immediately proceeds to step 15, where the next patch information is read.

If it is determined in step 12 that there is no subsequent patch information, the process of the computer 1 is performed in step 1.
6, all patch information saved in step 14 is edited into a table format and output to the print output device 4.

The patch information edited and outputted in a tabular format to this print output device 4 is divided into correction contents shown in assembler language and machine language, and correction points shown by addresses, as illustrated in the conceptual diagram of Fig. 2. Management information consisting of , software change contact number, creation date, and creator name is added.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained in detail above, the automatic patch information search and output method according to the present invention automatically retrieves the patches that include specified management information from among the patches being held. Since it is configured to search, edit, and output, it saves time and effort, and also prevents omissions in searches due to human error (5).

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an overview of the processing procedure of an automatic search/output method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of patch information edited and output by the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a computer system that executes the above embodiment. 1... Computer, 2... Magnetic disk device that holds patch information, 3... Input device for inputting search conditions, 4... Print output device for searched/edited patch information.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Patch information holding means for holding patch information as patch information along with management information such as creation date and creator name of the computer program, and patch information held in the patch holding means. An automatic search/output method for patch information characterized by comprising an automatic search/output means for automatically searching, editing and outputting a patch containing designated management information from the patch holding means.