Non-transitory computer-readable media storing file management program, file management apparatus, and file management method

A file management apparatus that manages files in a plurality of information processing apparatuses which are communicably connected via a network, comprising:

• a file search unit that transmits, in response to a file search request based on a search condition, a file search request based on the search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receives file information searched by the respective other information processing apparatuses, and displays the file information in the search result on the currently operating information processing apparatus;
• a transfer source selection unit that selects another information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a file which is selected from the search result, based on the transfer time of the selected file to the currently operating information processing apparatus;
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• a selected file acquisition unit that requests transfer of the selected file to the selected other information processing apparatus to be the transfer source, receives the transferred selected file, and displays the selected file on the currently operating information processing apparatus.

A file management processing method of managing files in a plurality of information processing apparatuses which are communicably connected via a network, comprising:

• transmitting, in response to a file search request based on a search condition, a file search request based on the search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receiving file information searched by the respective other information processing apparatuses, and displaying the file information in the search result on the currently operating information processing apparatus;
• selecting another information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a file which is selected from the search result, based on the transfer time of the selected file to the currently operating information processing apparatus;
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• requesting transfer of the selected file to the selected other information processing apparatus to be the transfer source, receiving the transferred selected file, and displaying the selected file on the currently operating information processing apparatus.