Patent ID: 7546305

Claim:
A method of copying a plurality of items, the method being implemented in a computer, the method comprising: a parent process in said computer checking if a first item in said plurality is a file or a directory; the parent process in said computer copying the first item to at least one storage media if the first item is found during the checking to be a file and the parent process creating a child process in said computer if the first item is found during the checking to be a directory; if the first item is found during the checking to be a directory, the child process in said computer checking if another item in the directory represented by the first item is a file or a directory; and if the first item is found during the checking to be a file, the parent process in said computer checking if a second item in said plurality is a file or a directory; wherein at least one item in said plurality of items is copied to said at least one storage media.