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+#! /usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl
+# -*- Mode: perl; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
+#
+# The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
+# Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+# compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+#
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+# basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# The Original Code is Tinderbox
+#
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
+# Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are Copyright (C) 1999
+# Netscape Communications Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Contributor(s): Chris McAfee <mcafee@netscape.com>
+
+#
+# startup.pl - Process startup data from mozilla/build/startup-test.html.
+#   Write data to $tree/startup.dat in the following format,
+#
+#  <logfilename>|<startup time>
+#
+
+sub usage {
+  warn "./startup.pl <tree> <logfile>";
+}
+
+use FileHandle;
+
+# This is for gunzip (Should add a configure script to handle this).
+$ENV{PATH} .= ":/usr/local/bin";
+
+unless ($#ARGV == 1) {
+  &usage;
+  die "Error: Wrong number of arguments\n";
+}
+
+($tree, $logfile) = @ARGV;
+
+die "Error: No tree named $tree" unless -r "$tree/treedata.pl";
+require "$tree/treedata.pl";
+
+# Seach the build log for the startup data
+#
+$fh = new FileHandle "gunzip -c $tree/$logfile |" 
+  or die "Unable to open $tree/$logfile\n";
+my $startup_time = 0;
+$startup_time = find_startup_data($fh);
+$fh->close;
+
+die "No startup data found in log.\n" unless $startup_time;
+
+print "startup_time = $startup_time\n";
+
+# Save the startup data to 'startup.dat'
+#
+open STARTUP, ">>$tree/startup.dat" or die "Unable to open $tree/startup.dat";
+print STARTUP "$logfile|$startup_time\n";
+close STARTUP;
+
+
+# end of main
+#============================================================
+
+sub find_startup_data {
+  my ($fh) = $_[0];
+  local $_;
+
+  # Search for "__startuptime" string, and pick off 2nd item.
+  while (<$fh>) {
+    if (/^  __startuptime/) {
+      # Line format:
+      #  __startuptime: <time> ms
+      #  
+      chomp;
+      print "\$_ = $_\n";
+      @findLine = split(/,/,$_);
+
+      # Pick off 2nd item, startup time.
+      return $findLine[1];
+    } 
+  }
+  return ();
+}