Patent ID: 8019792

Claim:
An information processing apparatus including a processor comprising: a processing condition setting unit configured to set a processing condition for performing data processing using a data file entered into a processing folder; a determination unit configured to determine entry of the data file from an input source folder into the processing folder; a processing unit configured to perform the data processing using the data file entered from the input source folder into the processing folder, based on the processing condition set by the processing condition setting unit; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the data file, entered from the input source folder into the processing folder, back to the input source folder, wherein the transfer unit transfers the data file, entered from the input source folder into the processing folder, into an alternate folder different from the input source folder in a case where the data file cannot be transferred back to the input source folder, and wherein the data processing of the processing unit is performed by the processor included in the information processing apparatus.