To provide a file management device for efficiently performing access to a file by managing attribute information related with the attributes of the file, and for preventing a file management table from being extended or the processing speed from being deteriorated.
This file management device is provided with a card media 113 whose information storage region has a directory structure, and a contents management application 201 for managing a file stored in the card media 113. The contents management application 201 is provided with a single meta file for storing information showing the contents of each file by using a plurality of files stored in the directory as units for every directory of the card media 113, and manages the file stored in the directory according to the information stored in the meta file.
Fujitsuna Hideyoshi
Osamu Suzawa