FILE SPLITTING APPARATUS, FILE SPLITTING METHOD AND FILE SPLITTING PROGRAM

摘要

A file splitting apparatus for splitting a data file recorded over a plurality of recording management regions arranged in the recording region of a recording medium includes a management region recording part detecting section for detecting a management region recording part including a file splitting position out of a plurality of management region recording parts of a plurality of recording management regions of the data file recorded in the recording region at the time of being split at a predetermined file splitting position, a management region recording part copying section for copying the management region recording part including the file splitting position as detected by the management region recording part detecting section to some other recording management region of the recording region and a management information altering section for altering the management information of the data file to first management information for managing one of the split data files obtained by splitting the data file at the file splitting position and second management information for managing the other split data file, the management information altering section being adapted to alter the management information of the data file to the first management information of one of the split data files so as to make it contain the management region recording part including the file splitting position before the copying as part thereof and the second management information of the other split data file so as to make it contain the management region recording part including the copied file splitting position.