A method and apparatus for supplying information, and a storage medium on
which an information supplying program is stored are disclosed, in which
backup files of Web pages which were laid open in the past and those
which will be laid open in the future are stored in a WWW server so that
any Web page can be presented to a client in response to a request issued
by the client. WWW server creates a file name used as a key when being
retrieved, by adding data representing updating date and time at the end
of an original file name of a Web page stored in an open storage area of
an HDD which is allowed to be freely accessed via the Internet. The
created file name serving as a key in retrieval is assigned to a backup
data created from update data, and the backup data is stored in a
retrieval storage area. In response to a request issued by a client via
the Internet, the WWW server retrieves backup data having a file name
corresponding to specified date and time from the retrieval storage area
and transfers the retrieved backup data to the client.