+my $now = time;
+my $fetchipac="$INSTALLPATH/fetchipac";
+my $rule_regex = ".*"; # match rules with this regex only
+my $machine_name;
+my $fetchipac_options;
+my ($newest_timestamp_before_starttime, $oldest_timestamp_after_endtime);
+my (%rule_firstfile, %rule_lastfile);
+my $count;
+my @timestamps;
+my $rulenumber;
+my ($starttime, $endtime);