Patent ID: 7558159
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recorder that records file management data, created for managing data as a file provided on a recording medium, comprising: a record generation unit that creates a first record and a second record, said first record describing file name information comprising information on a file name of the file, said second record describing recording area information comprising information on a recording area position in which the file is recorded; a memory unit that stores the first and second records generated by said record generation unit; and a recording unit that sequentially reads the first and second records from said memory unit and records a file recording management table, in which the first and second records are consecutively arranged, in one predetermined physical recording area on said recording medium as file management data, wherein wherein said recording unit consecutively arranges the first and second records based on the information described in the next record number fields of the first and second records.