Synchronous and asynchronous copying of a document into a folder in a target library

An apparatus, in a data processing system, for copying a new document within a folder by a user in a target library using an existing document in a source library in a data processing system wherein said copying includes a synchronous operation and an asynchronous operation, said apparatus comprising:

• means for specifying in a first operand of a single copy command in said data processing system by said user said existing document in said source library as said new document to be copied into said folder in said target library;
• means for specifying in a second operand a unique name for said new document different from said existing document in said single copy command by said user to be placed in said folder in said target library;
• means for selectively specifying a delay option operand in said single copy command by said user;
• means for selectively specifying access authority operand in said single copy command by said user;
• and
• means, in response to said execution of said single copy command using said unique name of said new document in said second operand in said single copy command, if said delay option operand is specified, for automatically executing said synchronous operation of copying said existing document from said source library into said folder in said target library and for separately executing said asynchronous operation of copying;
• otherwise, for automatically executing in a single operation said synchronous operation and asynchronous operation of copying, wherein said new document registering other users access authority when said user access authority operand is specified in said single copy command.

In a data processing system having a plurality of work stations coupled to a host processor, storage means having a plurality of source and target libraries therein coupled to said host processor and capable of being simultaneously accessed by a plurality of users through said plurality of work stations, comprising:

• means for specifying in a first operand of a single copy command in said data processing system by an user an existing document in one of said plurality of source libraries as a new document to be copied into a folder in one of said plurality of target libraries;
• means for specifying in a second operand a unique name for said new document different from said existing document in said single copy command by said user to be placed in said folder in said one of said plurality of target libraries;
• means for selectively specifying a delay option operand in said single copy command by said user;
• means for selectively specifying access authority operand in said single copy command by said user;
• and
• means, in response to said execution of said single copy command using said unique name of said new document in said second operand in said single copy command, if said delay option operand is specified, for automatically executing a synchronous operation of copying said existing document from said one of said plurality of source libraries into said folder in said one of said plurality of target libraries and for separately executing an asynchronous operation of copying;
• otherwise, for automatically executing in a single operation said synchronous operation and asynchronous operation of copying, wherein said new document registering other users access authority when said user access authority operand is specified in said single copy command.

A data processing system comprising:

• a storage device;
• means for specifying in a first operand of a single copy command in said data processing system by an user an existing document containing a combination of related documents in a source library within said storage device as a new document to be copied into a folder in a target library within said storage device;
• means for specifying in a second operand a unique name for said new document different from said existing document in said single copy command by said user to be placed in said folder in said target library;
• means for selectively specifying a delay option operand in said single copy command by said user;
• means for selectively specifying access authority operand in said single copy command by said user;
• and
• means, in response to said execution of said single copy command using said unique name of said new document in said second operand in said single copy command, if said delay option operand is specified, for automatically executing a synchronous operation of copying said existing document from said source library into said folder in said target library and for separately executing an asynchronous operation of copying;
• otherwise, for automatically executing in a single operation said synchronous operation and asynchronous operation of copying, wherein said new document registering other users access authority when said user access authority operand is specified in said single copy command.