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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# (c)2010 lists@nerdbynature.de
+#
+# Get accounting information from a running Tor server.
+#
+
+
+COOKIE=/opt/tor/.tor/control_auth_cookie
+PORT=9051
+
+
+if [ "$1" = config ]; then
+	echo "graph_title Tor Traffic"
+	echo "graph_args --base 1000"
+	echo "graph_vlabel bytes in / out"
+	echo "graph_category network"
+	echo "down.label Download"
+        echo "down.type GAUGE"
+        echo "up.label Upload"
+	echo "up.type GAUGE"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+/bin/echo -e "AUTHENTICATE \"`cat $COOKIE`\"\nGETINFO accounting/bytes\nQUIT" | nc localhost $PORT | \
+	awk -F= '/accounting\/bytes/ {print $2}' | \
+	tr -d '\015' | \
+	awk '{print "down.value "$1 "\nup.value "$2}'