Patent ID: 7636898

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored therein, the computer program when executed causes a computer to perform a file management program for processing by a computer, the file management program comprising: a first code segment for, when an icon of a first folder displayed on a display apparatus is dragged and dropped onto another icon of a second folder displayed on the display apparatus, a user interface is generated for selecting between processing which stores in the newly created folder the copies of the files that are commonly stored in both of the folders, and processing which stores in the newly created folder the copies of the files stored in each of the folders; a second code segment for, when the processing which stores in the newly created folder the copies of the files stored in each of the folders is selected, creating a new folder at the same level as the second folder and copying a file stored in the first folder and a file stored in the second folder into the newly created folder; and a third code segment for, when the processing which stores in the newly created folder the copies of the files that are commonly stored in both of the folders is selected, creating a new folder at the same level as the second folder, and copying in the newly created folder the common files between the files stored in the first folder and files stored in the second folder.