function eliminate_repeating_points($path1)
{
    global $MERGER_debug;
    $most_eliminated = 0;
    $maxlen = $path1['lk'] / 2;
    if ($maxlen > get_config_var("max_wp_count")) {
        $maxlen = get_config_var("max_wp_count");
    }
    for ($len = 1; $len <= $maxlen; $len++) {
        for ($slide = 0; $slide < $len; $slide++) {
            $t = get_eliminated_pointcount($slide, $len, $path1);
            if ($t > $most_eliminated) {
                $most_eliminated = $t;
                $best_slide = $slide;
                $best_len = $len;
            }
        }
    }
    if ($most_eliminated != 0) {
        if ($MERGER_debug) {
            parse_debug_report("managed to find repetative paterns in path, eliminating wp count {$most_eliminated} from " . ($path1['lk'] - 1) . " (" . ($path1['biglk'] - 1) . ")for spawn " . $path1['spid']);
        }
        $WP_EXACT_MATCH_ERROR = get_config_var("min_wp_dist");
        //		$WP_EXACT_MATCH_ERROR=3;
        $iend = (int) (($path1['lk'] - $best_slide) / $best_len);
        for ($i = 0; $i <= $iend; $i++) {
            $matchcount = 0;
            $start = $best_slide + $best_len * $i;
            $end = $start + $len;
            for ($j = $start; $j < $end; $j++) {
                $dist_x = ABS($path1[$j + $best_len]['x'] - $path1[$j]['x']);
                $dist_y = ABS($path1[$j + $best_len]['y'] - $path1[$j]['y']);
                $dist = sqrt($dist_x * $dist_x + $dist_y * $dist_y);
                //parse_debug_report("len=$best_len, slide=$best_slide,iend=$iend, start=$start, end=$end,j=$j,j2=".($j+$best_len)." total nodes =".$path1['lk']." dist=$dist x1=".$path1[$j+$best_len]['x']." y1 =".$path1[$j+$best_len]['y']." x2=".$path1[$j]['x']." y2=".$path1[$j]['y']."");
                if ($dist < $WP_EXACT_MATCH_ERROR) {
                    $matchcount++;
                }
            }
            if ($matchcount == $len) {
                for ($j = $start; $j <= $end; $j++) {
                    if ($j < $path1['lk']) {
                        $path1[$j]['del'] = 1;
                        if ($MERGER_debug) {
                            $dist_x = ABS($path1[$j + $best_len]['x'] - $path1[$j]['x']);
                            $dist_y = ABS($path1[$j + $best_len]['y'] - $path1[$j]['y']);
                            $dist = sqrt($dist_x * $dist_x + $dist_y * $dist_y);
                            parse_debug_report("node {$j} matches node " . ($j + $best_len) . " and distance is {$dist}");
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    return $path1;
}
 $to1 = strpos($line, " Pac", $from1);
 $str_opcode = substr($line, $from1, $to1 - $from1);
 $timestamp = substr($line, strpos($line, "p = ") + 5);
 if (strlen($str_opcode) > 3 && $str_opcode != "UNKNOWN") {
     $packet_name = $str_opcode;
 } else {
     $packet_name = $hex_opcode;
 }
 if ($packet_name == "") {
     continue;
 }
 $file_name = "step2/" . $packet_name . ".txt";
 if (!($f_handlers[$file_name] > 0)) {
     $outf = fopen($file_name, "a+");
     if (!$outf) {
         parse_debug_report("could not open outputfile({$file_name})!<br>\n");
     } else {
         $f_handlers[$file_name] = $outf;
     }
 } else {
     $outf = $f_handlers[$file_name];
 }
 if ($outf > 0) {
     $line = rtrim(fgets($inp_h));
     //data line
     if (strlen($line) > 2) {
         if ($hex_opcode == 0x1f6 && $outf_comp) {
             fputs($outf_comp, "{$timestamp} \r\n");
             fputs($outf, str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), "", rtrim($line)) . " \r\n");
         } else {
             fputs($outf, str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), "", rtrim($line)) . " " . $timestamp . "\r\n");