diff --git a/plugins/other/proftpd_count b/plugins/other/proftpd_count
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Plugin to monitor FTP files.
+# based on previous work by jintxo
+#
+# Parameters understood:
+#
+# 	config   (required)
+# 	autoconf (optional)
+#
+# Magic markers (optional - used by munin-config and installation
+# scripts):
+#
+#%# family=auto
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
+
+MAXLABEL=20
+
+mktempfile () {
+mktemp -t $1
+}       
+
+LOGFILE=${logfile:-/var/log/xferlog}
+LOGTAIL=${logtail:-`which logtail`}
+STATEFILE=/var/lib/munin/plugin-state/xferlog-count.offset
+
+if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
+        if [ -f "${LOGFILE}" -a -n "${LOGTAIL}" -a -x "${LOGTAIL}" ] ; then
+		echo yes
+		exit 0
+	else
+		echo no
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
+        echo 'graph_title FTP Server Transfers'
+        echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0'
+        echo 'graph_vlabel FTP Server Transfers'
+	echo 'graph_category FTP'
+        echo 'ftp_get.label Files GET'
+        echo 'ftp_put.label Files PUT'
+        exit 0
+fi
+
+
+ftp_get=U
+ftp_put=U
+
+TEMP_FILE=`mktempfile munin-xferlog-count.XXXXXX`
+
+if [ -n "$TEMP_FILE" -a -f "$TEMP_FILE" ]
+then
+	$LOGTAIL ${LOGFILE} $STATEFILE | grep "[[:space:]][oi][[:space:]]" > ${TEMP_FILE}
+	ftp_get=`grep "[[:space:]]o[[:space:]]" ${TEMP_FILE} | wc -l`
+	ftp_put=`grep "[[:space:]]i[[:space:]]" ${TEMP_FILE} | wc -l`
+
+	/bin/rm -f $TEMP_FILE
+fi
+
+echo "ftp_get.value ${ftp_get}"
+echo "ftp_put.value ${ftp_put}"
+