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STRIPCHART(5) File Formats Manual STRIPCHART(5)

NAME

stripchart - draws diagrams from data with PHP

SYNOPSIS

The script is expected to be called as a CGI script but also works from the command line.

DESCRIPTION

Stripchart prepares a series of diagrams directly from raw data. It is handy for web pages that need some graphics without too much overhead.

OPTIONS

name of input data file (mandatory)
name of output .gif file (default: STDOUT)
name of output .gif file, also dumps to STDOUT
stripchart with data starting at TIME (default: 24 hours ago)
stripchart with data ending at TIME (default: now)
stripchart data centered around "from" time the size of RANGE (overrides -t)
stripchart last number of LINES in data file (overrides -f and -t and -r)
title to put on graphic (default: FILE RANGE)
time or "x" column (default: 2)
value or "y" column (default: 3)
overplot second "y" column (default: none)
overplot baseline of arbitrary value VALUE
overrides -b, it plots baseline of computed average
ignore data less than VALUE
ignore data higher than VALUE
puts verbose runtime output to STDERR
makes y axis log scale
set gnuplot colors for graph/axisnts/data (default: "xffffff x000000 xc0c0c0 x00a000 x0000a0 x2020c0" in order: bground, axisnts, grids, pointcolor1,2,3)
output CGI header to STDOUT if being called as CGI
turn extra plot stats on (current, avg, min, max)
time columns is in local julian date (legacy stuff)
print version number and exit
display this help

NOTES


* TIME either unix date, julian date, or civil date in the form:
YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM (year, month, day, hour, minute)
If you enter something with colons, it assumes it is civil date
If you have a decimal point, it assumes it is julian date
If it is an integer, it assumes it is unix date (epoch seconds)
If it is a negative number, it is in decimal days from current time
(i.e. -2.5 = two and a half days ago)
* All times on command line are assumed to be "local" times
* All times in the data file must be in unix date (epoch seconds)
* RANGE is given in decimal days (i.e. 1.25 = 1 day, 6 hours)
* if LINES == 0, (i.e. -l 0) then the whole data file is read in
* columns (given with -x, -y, -Y flags) start at 1
* titles given with -T can contain the following key words which will
be converted:
FILE - basename of input file
RANGE - pretty civil date range (in local time zone)
the default title is: FILE RANGE

AUTHORS

Matt Lebofsky

November 2002 2.21