Description of all Process (continued)

amg
Automatic Message Generator (AMG), this process evaluates the configuration
files $AFD_WORK_DIR/etc/DIR_CONFIG and $AFD_WORK_DIR/etc/HOST_CONFIG. After
successful evaluation it will start process dir_check and will monitor its status.

dir_check
Process that monitors all local directories for any arriving files.

fd
File Distributor (FD), responsible for the transmission of files. To send files
it starts process starting with sf_xxx where xxx is the protocol name. For
fetching it starts gf_xxx.

afdd
To monitor the AFD this daemon is started. Is not started automatically, you
must configure it that it starts.

aldad
Log process that generates logs in a user specified format.