INDEX

• Introduction
• Build-up
• AMG
• Dir Check
• FD (File Distributor)
• Get and Send File FTP
• Get and Send File SFTP
• Send File SMTP
• Send File Local
• Send File WMO
• Get and Send File HTTP
• Get and Send File EXEC
• What happens when a file goes through AFD
• Archive Watch
• Compiling AFD
• Installing AFD
• Setup AFD for boot and shutdown
• Starting or stopping AFD
• Configuration Files
• DIR_CONFIG
• The directory entry
• The directory options
• The files entry
• The destination entry
• The recipient entry
• The options entry
• Simple Examples
• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3
• Example 4
• Example 5
• Complex Examples
• Source directory with date
• Target directory determined by external program
• File decrypted with the extension stripped
• AWS4 Examples
• Uploading files to an AWS4 S3 storage
• Downloading files from AWS4 S3
• HOST_CONFIG
• Rename Rule
• Group transfer rate limit (group.transfer_rate_limit)
• AFD Configuration (AFD_CONFIG)
• AFD users (afd.users)
• AFD name (afd.name)
• Host information (host.info)
• Local interface file (local_interface.list)
• AFD actions ($AFD_WORK_DIR/action/)
• MON Configuration (MON_CONFIG)
• Log Files
• System Log
• Event Log
• Transfer Log
• Transfer Debug Log
• Receive Log
• Input Log
• Production Log
• Output Log
• Delete Log
• Alda - AFD log data analyzer
• Examples for Alda
• Statistics
• show_istat for input statistics
• show_stat for output statistics
• Tools
• AFD commands (afdcmd)
• Configure AFD (afdcfg)
• View FSA (fsa_view)
• View FRA (fra_view)
• AFD Status (afd_status)
• Edit FSA (fsa_edit)
• Update DIR_CONFIG (udc)
• Update HOST_CONFIG (uhc)
• Get DIR_CONFIG data (get_dc_data)
• Get job data (jid_view)
• Show exec statistics (show_exec_stat)
• Remove a job (rm_job)
• Set passwd (set_pw)
• AFD monitor commands (mafdcmd)
• Automatic FTP (aftp)
• Automatic SFTP (asftp)
• Automatic SMTP (asmtp)
• Automatic WMO (awmo)
• AFD HTML (ahtml_list)
• AFD Monitor
• AFD Monitor
• Starting and stopping afd_mon
• AFDD
• The Graphical User Interface
• AFD Control
• DIR Control
• System, Receive, Transfer and Transfer Debug Window
• Event Log Window
• Edit Host Configuration
• AFD Info Window
• Input Log Window
• Production Log Window
• Output Log Window
• Delete Log Window
• View AFD Queue
• Send File
• MON Control
• Performance
• Glossary

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