Patent ID: 8515913

Claim:
A file management apparatus comprising: a register unit that, with a link file pointing to a file generated, registers on a memory a first information set mapping the generated link file to the file and registers on the memory a second information set indicating a storage location of the file if the file is newly stored or if the link file pointing to the file is generated; a processor unit that, with any link file accessed, performs a process to determine a storage location of a file pointed to by the accessed link file in accordance with the first information set and the second information set registered on the memory, and a process to access the file stored at the determined storage location; and an update unit that, with the file mapped to the link file by the first information set registered on the memory being moved in storage location, updates the second information set indicating the storage location of the file such that the second information set indicates a storage location of the file subsequent to the movement of the file.