JPH0528067A - Computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily use different kinds of computer in a communication network where plural computers including different kinds of computer are connected. CONSTITUTION:A command and an option are selected from commands displayed on a command selecting and editing means 1 and an object list, and a file is selected from file names displayed on a file name display selecting means 2. The command selecting and editing means 1 displays and edits these selected command, option, and file and stores them as internal data. The computer name of a computer for execution of the command is selected from computer names displayed on the computer display and selective means 3, and a name management means 4 receives internal data in accordance with the computer name and is converted to such form that it can be recognized by the computer, and a communication means 5 transmits it to the execution computer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of using a remote computer connected by a communication network, and more particularly to a computer system that uses a remote computer by using a command.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a heterogeneous computer connected to a network is used, it is conventionally connected to the same computer and directly used, or a command is sent from another computer to a computer to be used and a result is received, or Both sides needed to develop new functionality.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional usage method, there are usage methods or operation methods only for the types of heterogeneous computers connected to the network, and it is necessary for the user to remember and understand them. Even if the methods of use or operation are standardized for all computers in the network, what kind of functions each computer has, or which computer should be used when it is desired to use a certain function, is determined by the user. Hard for me to understand. Furthermore, in the simple operation menu method, the usage method and the combination thereof are limited in advance, and although it is easy to understand, there is a problem that the function of the computer cannot be utilized.

The present invention solves such a problem, and provides a system in which the burden on the user for understanding the function and method of use is eliminated and the function of the computer can be fully utilized. With the goal.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in a computer system in which a plurality of computers including heterogeneous computers are connected by a communication network, a resource name on a computer in the communication network is managed by each of the plurality of computers. Name management means, command selection / editing means for displaying and editing commands executed on the computer, and file name display / selecting means for displaying file names existing on the computer and selecting files to be processed And a computer display selecting means for displaying a state of the computer and selecting a computer to execute a command, and a communication means for communicating between the computers, the display of the command, the display of the file name and the The status display is different Characterized in that it is common to display recognizable respectively between Yuta each other.

[0006]

The command and option are selected by referring to the command list and the option list displayed by the command selection / editing means, and the file is selected by referring to the file name displayed by the file name display selecting means. The command selecting / editing means displays and edits the selected command, option and file and stores them as internal data. The computer name that executes the command is
The computer name is selected from the computer names displayed by the computer display means in the network, the internal data is received by the name management means together with the computer name, converted into a format that can be recognized by the computer, and transmitted to the executing computer by the communication means.

In this way, the available functions can be displayed in advance, and the available command names, options, resource names such as files can be standardized and unified in the network, so that the available functions and their usage methods can be understood. The burden of can be eliminated.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of computers including heterogeneous computers are connected by a communication network 10, and a name managing means 4 for managing the resource names on the computers in the communication network 10 is connected to each of the plurality of computers. Command selection / editing means 1 for displaying and editing commands executed on the computer, and file name display / selecting means 2 for displaying file names existing on the computer and selecting files to be processed.
And a computer display selecting means 3 for displaying the state of the computer and selecting a computer to execute the command, and a communication means 5 for communicating between the computers, the display of the command, the display of the file name and the The display of the state is shared by the displays that can be recognized by different computers.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal data format of the command selection / editing means in the embodiment of the present invention. Each command name 11 is internally associated with the option name 12 that can be used by the command. Further, each command is added with an identification number 13 for name retrieval used by the name management means 4, and an option is also provided with an identification number 14. When the file operation is possible with the use command, data indicating that the operation is possible is written in the file field 15 of the command name data. At this time, P is written when a plurality of files can be simultaneously operated, and S is written when only one file can be operated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a file name data structure inside the file name display selecting means in the embodiment of the present invention. An identifier 22 for searching for a file name in the network by the name management means 4 is added to the data 21 of each file name.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure inside the computer display selecting means in the embodiment of the present invention. The currently communicable computer name 31 and computer number 32 are stored as a set.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a data structure inside the name management means in the embodiment of the present invention. Two types of data, command name data and file name data, are stored in the name management data. FIG. 6A is a diagram showing the format of command name data. Reference numeral 41 is an identifier for searching a command name, and 42 is a command name for each computer in the network. The identifier and the data for each computer are linked by a computer number. 43 is command option data that can be used in each computer,
A search binding is given if each command has an option available. An option number is added to the option search connection. FIG. 3B shows a file name data format. In the figure, 44 is an identifier for file search, 45 is a file name for each computer, and 46 is access right information given to each file.

First, an embodiment in which the command does not perform a file operation will be described. FIG. 6A is a flow chart showing the flow of the processing of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a view showing the display area of the command selection editing means in the embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 71 is a command name display area, 72 is an option display area, and 73 is a selected command display editing area.

First, the command selection / editing means 1 displays a command name list in the command name display area 71 (step 601). The user selects a command name from them (step 602). A character string or a symbol representing the selected command is displayed in the selected command display edit area 73 by the command selection editing means 1 (step 60).
3). After the command is selected, the command selection / editing means 1 displays the option to which the selected command in the internal data structure is combined in the option display area 72 (step 604).

The user selects any option from the display, and the selected option is displayed in the same manner as the command (step 605). After the above selections have been made
Inside the command selecting / editing means 1, internal data corresponding to the selected command and option is created. FIG. 8A is a diagram showing the format of the created internal data. In the figure, 81 is a command and 82 is an option.

After the command is selected, the user selects any one of the computers in the in-network computer display selecting means 3 (step 606). The computer display selection means 3 passes the computer number corresponding to the selected computer to the command selection editing means 1. The command selection / editing means 1 having received the computer number adds this to the internal data of the selection command shown in FIG. 8B. FIG. 8B is a diagram showing the internal data of the selection command created by this processing. In the figure, 83 is the added computer name.

The command selection / editing means 1 uses the data shown in FIG.
The computer number is passed to the name management means 4. The name management means 4 uses the received command identifier, computer number and option to obtain the command name and option name that can be used by the computer corresponding to the computer number and returns them to the command selection editing means 1 (step 60).
7). The command selection / editing means 1 sends the command name and option received from the name managing means 4 to the corresponding computer in the network via the communication means 5, receives the execution result, and displays the selection command display / editing area shown in FIG. It is displayed on 73 (step 608).

Next, an embodiment in which the command involves file operation will be described. FIG. 6B is a flow chart showing the flow of the processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

The processing relating to the command name and the options is the same as the above-mentioned embodiment in the case where the file operation is not performed (steps 611 to 615 in FIG. 6). In the case of this processing, after the command and option selection, the file name displayed by the file name display selection means 2 is selected by the user, and the selected file name is displayed in the selected command display edit area 73 shown in FIG. It is displayed (step 616). The file name display selecting means 2 transfers the entry number of the selected file to the command selecting / editing means 1.

The command selection / editing means 1 adds the file number 84 to the internal data corresponding to the command shown in FIG. 8A to create the internal data structure shown in FIG. It is confirmed by checking the file field shown in FIG. 3 whether the command selected at the time of creation can operate the file (step 617). If the operation is impossible, a message to that effect is displayed to the user and the process ends (step 61).
8).

Next, the name managing means 4 is used to convert the command name, option and file name into a format usable by the computer selected by the user through the computer display selecting means 3 (step 619). The case of the command name and option is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment. When obtaining the file name, the data shown in FIG. 91 in FIG. 10 is a user name,
Reference numeral 92 represents the partner computer number, and 93 represents the file number.

Name management means 4 which has received the above data
Requests the file name from the file number and computer. At this time, it is checked from the received user name whether or not the user has the permission to access the file (step 620). If not, it is returned to the command selection / editing means 1 (step 62).
1). If so, the file name is returned (step 6).
22).

When the command selection / editing means 1 receives the result from the name managing means 4, if the result does not have the access permission right, it displays that fact to the user and ends the processing ( Step 623). Otherwise, the command name, option, and file name obtained by using the name management means 4 are passed to the communication means 5 and executed on the remote computer as in the case of the above embodiment (step 6).
24).

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, the functions that can be used are displayed in advance, and the command names and options that can be used and the resource names such as files can be unified in the network. This has the effect of eliminating the burden of understanding the functions available to users and how to use them.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data structure in a command selection / editing unit in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure in a file name display selecting means in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure in a computer display selecting means in the embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing a data structure in a name management means in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a flow chart of a process when a file operation is not performed in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a flow diagram showing a flow of a process when a file operation is involved.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example in the command selection / editing means in the embodiment of the present invention.

8A and 8B are views showing a selection command data structure created in the command selection editing means in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data structure for a command for accessing a file created in the command selecting / editing means in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a structure of data to be passed to a name management unit to obtain a file name in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Command Selection Editing Means 2 File Name Display Selecting Means 3 Computer Display Selecting Means 4 Name Management Means 5 Communication Means 10 Communication Networks 11 Command Name Data 12 Option Name Data 13 Command Name Identifiers 14 Option Identifiers 15 File Fields 21 File Name Data 22 Files Name identifier 31 Computer name data in network 32 Computer name identifier 41 Command name identifier 42 Command name for each computer in network 43 Option name for each computer in network 44 File name identifier 45 File name for each computer in network 46 On computer in network Access rights for each file 71 Command name display area 72 Option display area 73 Selected command display edit area 8 The user of the command name Data 82 option name data 83 execution computer 84 file number 91 this method name 92 computer number 93 file number

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. In a computer system in which a plurality of computers including heterogeneous computers are connected by a communication network, a name for managing a resource name on a computer in the communication network to each of the plurality of computers. Management means, command selection / editing means for displaying and editing commands executed on the computer, and file name display / selecting means for displaying file names existing on the computer and selecting files to be processed, Computer display selecting means for displaying the status of the computer and selecting a computer for executing the command, and communication means for communicating between the computers, the display of the command, the display of the file name and the status The display is different Computer system characterized in that it is common to display recognizable respectively between over data mutually.