To eliminate the need for judgment and input operation by an operator, etc. for setting a management object file and allow file management to be performed without spending time and effort.

For a file determined by a management object determination means 11a to be a management object file, when storing a file, a shortcut linking to an entity of the management object file is created in a specified save area 12a on the side of a terminal 10B specified by a user, and the entity of the management object file is automatically stored in a management area 12b. Further, while an access history to the management object file is monitored and the shortcut linking to the entity of the management object file is created in the management area 12b with an appropriate timing in accordance with the access history, the entity of the management object file is transferred from the management area 12b to a real save area 22a on the side of a file management server 20 and stored in the real save area 22a.

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