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+=head1 NAME
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+guprecords - Global uptime records
+
+Shows uprecord stats of several hosts at once.
+
+=head2 Synopsis
+
+guprecords [--help] [--total|--all] [--count=i] [--indir=s]
+
+=head2 Parameters
+
+=over
+
+=item --all
+
+Shows every individual uptime of all hosts.
+
+=item --count=i
+
+Show i num of entries. Default is 23.
+
+=item --nofqdn
+
+Don't display the FQDNs
+
+=item --help
+
+Shows the help
+
+=item --indir=s
+
+Read all the *.records files from dir s. Default is ./
+
+=item --total
+
+Aggregates a total uptime for every single host.
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+=back
+
+
+=head2 Quick getting started
+
+=head3 Uptimed
+
+Firstival, you need to collect uprecords using the uptimed deaemon. To install it run:
+
+    sudo aptitude install uptimed
+
+Please consult the L<uptimed> and L<uprecords> manpages. Please ensure to understand how it works and what it does.
+
+uptimed collects uprecords to 
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+  /var/spool/uptimed/records
+
+And this file is used by guprecords for further processing.
+
+=head3 Collect all the uprecords
+
+You may have several hosts with uptimed running already. Collect all the records file to a central repository (e.g. git).  Name each file FQDN.records and run
+
+  guprecords --indir ./
+
+You may automate the collecting of all the uprecords using something like cron or puppet.
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+See package description or project website.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Paul Buetow - <http://guprecords.buetow.org>
+
+=cut