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title: Introduction
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path: apple-archive/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/AFP/Introduction
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# Introduction

Describes high-level concepts for Apple Filing Protocol commands.

## Organization of This Document

This book contains the following chapters:

- [Apple Filing Protocol Concepts](../Concepts/Concepts.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH3-SW1) describes the concepts used in the AFP architecture. - [Using Login Commands](../UsingLoginCommands/UsingLoginCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH4-SW1) describes the commands used to open and close a connection with a file server. - [Using Volume Commands](../UsingVolumeCommands/UsingVolumeCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH221-SW1) describes the commands for interacting with a file server volume. - [Using Directory Commands](../UsingDirectoryCommands/UsingDirectoryCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH222-SW1) describes the commands for using directories. - [Using File Commands](../UsingFileCommands/UsingFileCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH223-SW1) describes the commands for working on files. - [Using Combined Directory and File Commands](../UsingCombinedDirectoryandFileCommands/UsingCombinedDirectoryandFileCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH224-SW1) describes commands that can be used on both files and directories. - [Using Fork Commands](../UsingForkCommands/UsingForkCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH225-SW1) describes the commands to interact with data forks. - [Using Desktop Database Commands](../UsingDesktopDatabaseCommands/UsingDesktopDatabaseCommands.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000854-CH226-SW1) describes the commands to read and write information store in the server's desktop database.

## See Also

Refer to the following reference document for AFP:

- *Apple Filing Protocol Reference*

The following sources provide additional information that may be of interested to AFP developers:

- *Inside AppleTalk*. Addison Wesley. ISBN 0-201-19257-8. - *Applied Cryptography, Second Edition*, by Bruce Schneier. Specifically, the chapter on Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange.

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