deleted file mode 100755
--- a/linux-tests/drive_gnuplot.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# drive_gnuplot syntehsises the commands for driving gnuplot
-
-the_log_file=data
-
-plot_str=" plot 'trunc_data' using 1:3 with linespoints title 'free', '' using 1:4 with linespoints title 'erased'"
-
-echo "set title 'yaffs free space and erased space'"
-
-echo $plot_str
- 
-while true; do
-sleep 1
-tail -500 $the_log_file > trunc_data
-echo replot
-done
-

deleted file mode 100755
--- a/linux-tests/gather_data.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-# gather_data.sh  agthers the data to be plotted
-#
-the_file=data
-i=0;
-rm -f $the_file
-
-while true; do
-str=$(cat /proc/yaffs_debug)
-echo "$i, $str" 
-echo "$i, $str"  >> $the_file
-let i=$i+1
-sleep 0.5
-done

--- a/linux-tests/plot_data.sh
+++ b/linux-tests/plot_data.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,60 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# plot_data.sh runs the plot, updating it in realtime
+# Script that gathers data erased vs free data from /proc/yaffs_stats and simultaneously \
+# plots it using gnuplot.
+
+
+#Gather settings
+log_file=data
+gather_delay=1
+
+# Plot settings
+trunc_file=trunc_data
+plot_samples=1000
+plot_delay=2
+
+
+
+# Gathering task
+
+gather_data() {
+i=0;
+rm -f $log_file
 
-./drive_gnuplot.sh | gnuplot
+while true; do
+str=$(cat /proc/yaffs_debug)
+echo "$i, $str" 
+echo "$i, $str"  >> $log_file
+let i=$i+1
+sleep $gather_delay
+done
+}
+
+
+# Plotting task
+# Periodically creates a truncated version of the log file and
+# outputs commands into gnuplot, thus driving gnuplot
+
+drive_gnuplot(){
+sleep 5
+tail -$plot_samples $log_file > $trunc_file
 
+plot_str=" plot '$trunc_file' using 1:3 with linespoints title 'free', '' using 1:4 with linespoints title 'erased'"
+
+echo "set title 'yaffs free space and erased space'"
+
+echo $plot_str
+ 
+while true; do
+sleep $plot_delay
+tail -$plot_samples $log_file > $trunc_file
+echo replot
+done
+}
+
+
+
+echo "Start gathering task in background"
+gather_data &
+echo "Run plotting task"
+drive_gnuplot | gnuplot
+