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[AFD – Automatic File Distributor] AFD

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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.


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

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