my $home_dir= ($ENV{HOME});
my $date = $ARGV[0];
my $program = "/nfs/cooler/users/limo/bin/gen-cflowd-config";
my $matrix = "netmatrix";
my $config_path = "/nfs/cooler/users/limo/config/$date";
my $out_dir = "$home_dir/flowstats/configs/$date";

#If your "router-to-collect-flow" is not here, edit path below.

my $config_file = "$home_dir/flowstats/router-to-collect-flow.$ARGV[0]
+";
my %hash;
my $host;
my $line;
my $key;
my $string;
my ($router, $cache, $nta, $as, $SampleRate);

die "Usage: $0 <yyyymmdd> This program assumes:\n
1. the directory structure \$HOME/flowstats/configs.\n
2. you are running this on chipotle.\n
If either of the above differs, you will need to make the
appropriate modifications to this program.\n" unless @ARGV == 1;

if (! -d "$out_dir") {
  system  "mkdir $out_dir";
}
chdir "$home_dir/flowstats/configs/$date" || die "Cannot change direct
+ory:$!\n";
print "Writing configs to $out_dir\n";

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