Patent ID: 8346064

Claim:
A recording apparatus that records one or more content files and an index file produced with a set of attribute information of the content files, onto a recording medium, the recording apparatus comprising: a content file changing section that changes the content files recorded onto the recording medium; and a processor operable to function as: an index file updating section that, when the content files are changed by the content file changing section, updates the index file associated with the content files being changed, and a status-information setting section that sets up, in a storage area where storage matter can be held in the recording apparatus even during power-off, status information that is indicative of the recording apparatus being in a predetermined process stage that starts from a start of changing the content file by the content-file changing section to a termination of updating the index file by the index-file updating section, the status information having a same value during all of the predetermined process stage.