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+#!/usr/bin/env Rscript
+
+# To use this script you'll need to install R: http://www.r-project.org/
+# and a library for R called ggplot2 
+# Which can be done by starting R and typing install.packages("ggplot2")
+# like this:
+#
+#     shell% R
+#     R version 2.11.0 beta (2010-04-12 r51689)
+#     >  install.packages("ggplot2")
+#     (follow prompt) 
+#
+# Then you can try this script by providing a full path to .data file
+# outputed from 'make bench'
+#
+#     > cd ~/src/node
+#     > make bench
+#     ...
+#     > ./benchmark/plot.R .benchmark_reports/ab-hello-world-buffer-1024/ff456b38862de3fd0118c6ac6b3f46edb1fbb87f/20101013162056.data
+#     
+# This will generate a PNG file which you can view
+#
+#
+# Hopefully these steps will be automated in the future.
+
+
+
+library(ggplot2)
+
+args <- commandArgs(TRUE)
+
+ab.load <- function (filename, name) {
+  raw <- data.frame(read.csv(filename, sep="\t", header=T), server=name)
+  raw <- data.frame(raw, time=raw$seconds-min(raw$seconds))
+  raw <- data.frame(raw, time_s=raw$time/1000000)
+  raw
+}
+
+#ab.tsPoint <- function (d) {
+#  qplot(time_s, ttime, data=d, facets=server~.,
+#        geom="point", alpha=I(1/15), ylab="response time (ms)",
+#        xlab="time (s)", main="c=30, res=26kb", 
+#        ylim=c(0,100))
+#}
+#
+#ab.tsLine <- function (d) {
+#  qplot(time_s, ttime, data=d, facets=server~.,
+#        geom="line", ylab="response time (ms)",
+#        xlab="time (s)", main="c=30, res=26kb", 
+#        ylim=c(0,100))
+#}
+
+
+filename <- args[0:1]
+data <- ab.load(filename, "node")
+
+
+# histogram
+
+#hist_png_filename <- gsub(".data", "_hist.png", filename)
+hist_png_filename <- "hist.png"
+
+png(filename = hist_png_filename, width = 480, height = 380, units = "px")
+
+qplot(ttime, data=data, geom="histogram",
+      main="xxx",
+      binwidth=1, xlab="response time (ms)",
+      xlim=c(0,50))
+
+print(hist_png_filename)
+
+
+
+# time series
+
+#ts_png_filename <- gsub(".data", "_ts.png", filename)
+ts_png_filename = "ts.png"
+
+png(filename = ts_png_filename, width = 480, height = 380, units = "px")
+
+qplot(time, ttime, data=data, facets=server~.,
+      geom="point", alpha=I(1/15), ylab="response time (ms)",
+      xlab="time (s)", main="xxx",
+      ylim=c(0,100))
+
+print(ts_png_filename)