[AFD – Automatic File Distributor] AFD

This is an unofficial mirror for easier code and history browsing.

Please refer to the official homepage [http://www.dwd.de/AFD] AFD for downloads and documentation. Contact the [AFD users’ mailing list] ML for questions and comments.

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The Automatic File Distributor (AFD) is software which

• Transports an arbitrary amount of files between computers or local directories
• Can run non-stop and unsupervised, e.g. recovers itself from errors and network problems, cleans up its working directory and log files, …
• Can send any type of file regardless of content and name
• Uses standard network protocols like FTP(S), SFTP, SCP, HTTP(S) (receiving), SMTP (sending)
• Logs extensively, to be able to trace any file in case of problems
• Is Multi-process, multi-transfer to utilize all bandwidth
• Actively maintained by Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Weather Service)
• Operational use > 10 years
• Free and Open Source
• Portable Unix-Daemon with additional GUI and CLI tools
• Written in C
• Text configuration files
• Multiple processes, communicating via FIFOs