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+#!/usr/local/bin/python2.7
+"""
+    Copyright (c) 2015 Ad Schellevis
+
+    part of OPNsense (https://www.opnsense.org/)
+
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+     this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+    INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+    AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+    AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+    SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+    INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+    CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+    ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    Generate dependency maps for legacy files.
+    To use this script, please install graphviz package ( pkg install graphviz )
+"""
+import time
+import os
+import os.path
+
+# set source and target directories
+target_directory = '/tmp/legacy/'
+src_root = '/usr/local/'
+
+
+class DependancyCrawler(object):
+    """ Legacy dependancy crawler and grapher
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._all_dependancies = {}
+
+    def fetch_php(self, src_filename):
+        # create a new list for this base filename
+        # to avoid too much complexity, we will assume that filenames are unique.
+        base_filename = os.path.basename(src_filename)
+        self._all_dependancies[base_filename] = []
+
+        source_data = open(src_filename).read()
+        # fetch all include, include_once, require, require_once statements and
+        # add dependancies to object dependancy list.
+        for tag in ('include', 'require'):
+            data = source_data
+            while True:
+                startpos = data.find(tag)
+                if startpos == -1:
+                    break
+                else:
+                    strlen = data[startpos:].find(';')
+                    if strlen > -1:
+                        # parse (single) statement, check if this could be an include type command
+                        dep_stmt = data[startpos-1:strlen+startpos]
+                        if dep_stmt[0] in (' ', '\n'):
+                            dep_stmt = dep_stmt[1:].replace("'", '"')
+                            if dep_stmt.find('\n') == -1 and dep_stmt.count('"') == 2:
+                                dep_filename = dep_stmt.split('"')[1]
+                                if dep_filename not in self._all_dependancies[base_filename]:
+                                    self._all_dependancies[base_filename].append(dep_filename)
+                        data = data[strlen+startpos:]
+
+    def crawl(self, root, analyse_dirs=('www', 'etc', 'captiveportal', 'sbin')):
+        """ Crawl through legacy code
+        :param root: start crawling at
+        :param analyse_dirs: only analyse these directories
+        :return: None
+        """
+        for analyse_dir in analyse_dirs:
+            analyse_dir = ('%s/%s' % (root, analyse_dir)).replace('//', '/')
+            for wroot, wdirs, wfiles in os.walk(analyse_dir):
+                for src_filename in wfiles:
+                    src_filename = '%s/%s' % (wroot, src_filename)
+                    if src_filename.split('.')[-1] in ('php', 'inc') \
+                            or open(src_filename).read(1024).find('/bin/php') > -1:
+                        self.fetch_php(src_filename)
+
+    def get_total_files(self):
+        """ get total number of analysed files
+        :return: int
+        """
+        return len(self._all_dependancies)
+
+    def get_total_dependancies(self):
+        """ get total number of dependencies
+        :return: int
+        """
+        count = 0
+        for src_filename in self._all_dependancies:
+            count += len(self._all_dependancies[src_filename])
+        return count
+
+    def get_files(self):
+        """ retrieve all analysed files as iterator (ordered by name)
+        :return: iterator
+        """
+        for src_filename in sorted(self._all_dependancies):
+            yield src_filename
+
+    def trace(self, src_filename, parent_filename=None, result=None, level=0):
+        """ trace dependencies (recursive)
+        :param src_filename:
+        :param parent_filename:
+        :param result:
+        :param level:
+        :return:
+        """
+        if result is None:
+            result = {}
+        if src_filename not in result:
+            result[src_filename] = {'level': level, 'dup': list(), 'parent': parent_filename}
+        else:
+            result[src_filename]['dup'].append(parent_filename)
+            return
+
+        if src_filename in self._all_dependancies:
+            for dependency in self._all_dependancies[src_filename]:
+                self.trace(dependency, src_filename, result, level=level+1)
+
+        return result
+
+    def file_info(self, src_filename):
+        """ retrieve file info, like maximum recursive depth and number of duplicate dependencies
+        :param src_filename:
+        :return:
+        """
+        result = {'levels': 0,'dup_count':0}
+        if src_filename in self._all_dependancies:
+            data = self.trace(src_filename)
+            for dep_filename in data:
+                if data[dep_filename]['level'] > result['levels']:
+                    result['levels'] = data[dep_filename]['level']
+                result['dup_count'] += len(data[dep_filename]['dup'])
+
+        return result
+
+    def generate_dot(self, filename_to_inspect):
+        """ convert trace data to do graph
+        :param filename_to_inspect: source filename to generate graph for
+        :return: string (dot) data
+        """
+        trace_data = self.trace(filename_to_inspect)
+        result = list()
+        result.append('digraph dependencies {')
+        result.append('\toverlap=scale;')
+        nodes = {}
+        for level in range(100):
+            for src_filename in trace_data:
+                if trace_data[src_filename]['level'] == level:
+                    if trace_data[src_filename]['parent'] is not None:
+                        result.append('\tedge [color=black style=filled];')
+                        result.append('\t"%s" -> "%s" [weight=%d];' % (trace_data[src_filename]['parent'],
+                                                                       src_filename, trace_data[src_filename]['level']))
+                        if len(trace_data[src_filename]['dup']) > 0:
+                            for target in trace_data[src_filename]['dup']:
+                                result.append('\tedge [color=red style=dotted];')
+                                result.append('\t"%s" -> "%s";' % (target, src_filename))
+
+                    if trace_data[src_filename]['parent'] is None:
+                        nodes[src_filename] = '[shape=Mdiamond]'
+                    elif len(trace_data[src_filename]['dup']) > 0:
+                        nodes[src_filename] = '[shape=box,style=filled,color=".7 .3 1.0"]'
+                    else:
+                        nodes[src_filename] = '[shape=box]'
+
+        for node in nodes:
+            result.append('\t"%s" %s;' % (node, nodes[node]))
+
+        result.append('}')
+        return '\n'.join(result)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def generate_index_html(filelist):
+        html_body = "<html><head><title></title></head><body><table><tr><th>Name</th></tr>\n%s</body>"
+        html_row = '<tr><td><a href="%s">%s</a></td></tr>\n'
+        html = html_body % ('\n'.join(map(lambda x: html_row % (x, x), sorted(filelist))))
+
+        return html
+
+# create target directory if not existing
+if not os.path.exists(target_directory):
+    os.mkdir(target_directory)
+
+# start crawling
+crawler = DependancyCrawler()
+print '[%.2f] started ' % (time.time())
+crawler.crawl(src_root)
+print '[%.2f] collected %d dependancies in %d files' % (time.time(),
+                                                        crawler.get_total_dependancies(),
+                                                        crawler.get_total_files())
+
+# generate graphs
+generated_files = list()
+for filename in crawler.get_files():
+    file_stats = crawler.file_info(filename)
+    if file_stats['levels'] > 1:
+        print '[%.2f] ... writing %s' % (time.time(), filename)
+        dot_filename = ('%s/%s.dot' % (target_directory, filename)).replace('//', '/')
+        target_filename = dot_filename.replace('.dot', '.png')
+        open(dot_filename, 'w').write(crawler.generate_dot(filename))
+        os.system('/usr/local/bin/dot -Tpng %s -o %s' % (dot_filename, target_filename))
+        generated_files.append(os.path.basename(target_filename))
+    else:
+        # not interested, item has no children.
+        print '[%.2f] ... skip %s' % (time.time(), filename)
+
+# write a simple index page for our generated files
+open(('%s/index.html' % target_directory).replace('//', '/'), 'w').write(crawler.generate_index_html(generated_files))
+print '[%.2f] done (all results in %s)' % (time.time(), target_directory)