Patent ID: 8855463

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for retrieving a file from a first memory in which files, each having a file ID for specifying the file, are stored with sequentially increasing file ID numerals, and for storing the thus retrieved file into a second memory, said information processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire the file ID of the file stored in the first memory; a storing control unit configured to retrieve the file from the first memory, and to store the file into the second memory; and a determining unit configured to determine the maximum value of the file ID, acquired by said acquiring unit, of at least one file retrieved from the first memory by said storing control unit and stored into the second memory, wherein said storing control unit (1) specifies at least one of the files stored in the first memory, which has a file ID larger than the maximum value determined by said determining unit, based on the file ID of the file stored in the first memory, acquired by said acquiring unit, and (2) stores the specified file into the second memory.