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@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
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 .IX Title "RRD-BEGINNERS 1"
-.TH RRD-BEGINNERS 1 "2008-03-15" "1.3.7" "rrdtool"
+.TH RRD-BEGINNERS 1 "2008-03-15" "1.3.8" "rrdtool"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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 .SH "NAME"
 rrd\-beginners \- RRDtool Beginners' Guide
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ databases. With help of an example, it explains the structure of RRDtool
 database. This is followed by an overview of the \*(L"graph\*(R" feature of RRDtool.
 At the end, it has sample scripts that illustrate the
 usage/wrapping of RRDtool within Shell or Perl scripts.
-.Sh "What makes RRDtool so special?"
+.SS "What makes RRDtool so special?"
 .IX Subsection "What makes RRDtool so special?"
 RRDtool is \s-1GNU\s0 licensed software developed by Tobias Oetiker, a system
 manager at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Though it is a
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ various operations on \s-1RRD\s0 databases. This command set can be accessed
 from the command line, as well as from Shell or Perl scripts. The
 scripts act as wrappers for accessing data stored in RRDtool
 databases.
-.Sh "Understanding by an example"
+.SS "Understanding by an example"
 .IX Subsection "Understanding by an example"
 The structure of an \s-1RRD\s0 database is different than other linear databases.
 Other databases define tables with columns, and many other parameters. These
@@ -307,7 +306,7 @@ individual \s-1RRA\s0 will save data for all the DSs in the database. For
 example, if a database has 3 DSs and daily, weekly, monthly, and
 yearly RRAs are declared, then each \s-1RRA\s0 will hold data from all 3 data
 sources.
-.Sh "Graphical Magic"
+.SS "Graphical Magic"
 .IX Subsection "Graphical Magic"
 Another important feature of RRDtool is its ability to create
 graphs. The \*(L"graph\*(R" command uses the \*(L"fetch\*(R" command internally to
@@ -343,7 +342,7 @@ plotted in the order they are defined in the graph command. Therefore
 care must be taken to define \s-1STACK\s0 only after defining \s-1AREA/LINE\s0. It
 is also possible to put formatted comments within the graph.  Detailed
 instructions can be found in the graph manual.
-.Sh "Wrapping RRDtool within Shell/Perl script"
+.SS "Wrapping RRDtool within Shell/Perl script"
 .IX Subsection "Wrapping RRDtool within Shell/Perl script"
 After understanding RRDtool it is now a time to actually use RRDtool
 in scripts. Tasks involved in network management are data collection,
@@ -355,20 +354,20 @@ generation is done using Perl scripts. These scripts are shown below:
 \fIShell script (collects data, updates database)\fR
 .IX Subsection "Shell script (collects data, updates database)"
 .PP
-.Vb 14
+.Vb 10
 \& #!/bin/sh
 \& a=0
 \& while [ "$a" == 0 ]; do
 \& snmpwalk \-c public 192.168.1.250 hrSWRunPerfMem > snmp_reply
-\&     total_mem=`awk \(aqBEGIN {tot_mem=0}
+\&     total_mem=\`awk \*(AqBEGIN {tot_mem=0}
 \&                           { if ($NF == "KBytes")
 \&                             {tot_mem=tot_mem+$(NF\-1)}
 \&                           }
-\&                     END {print tot_mem}\(aq snmp_reply`
+\&                     END {print tot_mem}\*(Aq snmp_reply\`
 \&     # I can use N as a replacement for the current time
 \&     rrdtool update target.rrd N:$total_mem
 \&     # sleep until the next 300 seconds are full
-\&     perl \-e \(aqsleep 300 \- time % 300\(aq
+\&     perl \-e \*(Aqsleep 300 \- time % 300\*(Aq
 \& done # end of while loop
 .Ve
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@@ -379,18 +378,14 @@ generation is done using Perl scripts. These scripts are shown below:
 \& #!/usr/bin/perl \-w
 \& # This script fetches data from target.rrd, creates a graph of memory
 \& # consumption on the target (Dual P3 Processor 1 GHz, 656 MB RAM)
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 6
+\&
 \& # call the RRD perl module
 \& use lib qw( /usr/local/rrdtool\-1.0.41/lib/perl ../lib/perl );
 \& use RRDs;
 \& my $cur_time = time();                # set current time
 \& my $end_time = $cur_time \- 86400;     # set end time to 24 hours ago
 \& my $start_time = $end_time \- 2592000; # set start 30 days in the past
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 58
+\&
 \& # fetch average values from the RRD database between start and end time
 \& my ($start,$step,$ds_names,$data) =
 \&     RRDs::fetch("target.rrd", "AVERAGE",