diff --git a/includes/discovery/hr-device.inc.php b/includes/discovery/hr-device.inc.php
index ca02047661..f0b1d6b0bd 100755
--- a/includes/discovery/hr-device.inc.php
+++ b/includes/discovery/hr-device.inc.php
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ if(is_array($hrDevices))
          $update_query .= ", `hrProcessorLoad` = '".mres($hrDevice[hrProcessorLoad])."'";
        }
        $update_query .= " WHERE device_id = '".$device['device_id']."' AND hrDeviceIndex = '".$hrDevice['hrDeviceIndex']."'";
-       @mysql_query($update_query); $mysql++; echo(".");
+       @mysql_query($update_query); echo(".");
      } else {
        $insert_query = "INSERT INTO `hrDevice` (`hrDeviceIndex`,`device_id`,`hrDeviceType`,`hrDeviceDescr`,`hrDeviceStatus`,`hrDeviceErrors`) ";
        $insert_query .= " VALUES ('".mres($hrDevice[hrDeviceIndex])."','".mres($device[device_id])."','".mres($hrDevice[hrDeviceType])."','".mres($hrDevice[hrDeviceDescr])."','".mres($hrDevice[hrDeviceStatus])."','".mres($hrDevice[hrDeviceErrors])."')";
-       @mysql_query($insert_query); $mysql++; echo("+");
+       @mysql_query($insert_query); echo("+");
        if($debug) { print_r($hrDevice); echo("$insert_query" . mysql_affected_rows() . " row inserted"); }
      }
      $valid_hrDevice[$hrDevice[hrDeviceIndex]] = 1;
diff --git a/includes/polling/cisco-mac-accounting.inc.php b/includes/polling/cisco-mac-accounting.inc.php
index 6ca12db006..b5d3a65979 100755
--- a/includes/polling/cisco-mac-accounting.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/cisco-mac-accounting.inc.php
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ while ($acc = mysql_fetch_assoc($mac_accounting_query)) {
     if($debug) {echo("\n" . $acc['hostname']." ".$acc['ifDescr'] . "  $mac -> $b_in:$b_out:$p_in:$p_out ");}
     $rrdfile = $host_rrd . "/" . safename("cip-" . $acc['ifIndex'] . "-" . $acc['mac'] . ".rrd");
 
-    if(!is_file($rrdfile)) {
-      $woo = shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] ." create $rrdfile \
-        DS:IN:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
+    if(!is_file($rrdfile))
+    {
+      rrdtool_create($rrdfile,"DS:IN:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
         DS:OUT:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
         DS:PIN:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
         DS:POUT:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ while ($acc = mysql_fetch_assoc($mac_accounting_query)) {
     $woo = "N:".($b_in+0).":".($b_out+0).":".($p_in+0).":".($p_out+0);
     $ret = rrdtool_update("$rrdfile", $woo);
 
-      if ($update) { /// Do Updates
+      if ($update)
+      { /// Do Updates
         $update_query  = "UPDATE `mac_accounting` SET ".$update." WHERE `ma_id` = '" . $acc['ma_id'] . "'";
-        @mysql_query($update_query); $mysql++;
+        @mysql_query($update_query);
         if($debug) {echo("\nMYSQL : [ $update_query ]");}
       } /// End Updates
      unset($update_query); unset($update);
diff --git a/includes/polling/hr-mib.inc.php b/includes/polling/hr-mib.inc.php
index c0276ab409..9984d7b87b 100755
--- a/includes/polling/hr-mib.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/hr-mib.inc.php
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ if(is_numeric($hrSystem[0]['hrSystemProcesses']))
 {
   $rrd_file = $config['rrd_dir'] . "/" . $device['hostname'] . "/hr_processes.rrd";
   if (!is_file($rrd_file)) {
-    shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] . " create $rrd_file \
-    --step 300 \
+    rrdtool_create($rrd_file,"--step 300 \
     DS:procs:GAUGE:600:0:U \
     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:800 \
     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:800 \
@@ -33,8 +32,7 @@ if(is_numeric($hrSystem[0]['hrSystemNumUsers']))
 {
   $rrd_file = $config['rrd_dir'] . "/" . $device['hostname'] . "/hr_users.rrd";
   if (!is_file($rrd_file)) {
-    shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] . " create $rrd_file \
-    --step 300 \
+    rrdtool_create($rrd_file, "--step 300 \
     DS:users:GAUGE:600:0:U \
     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:800 \
     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:800 \
diff --git a/includes/polling/interfaces.inc.php b/includes/polling/interfaces.inc.php
index 9f8576d9eb..b2c67fa06f 100644
--- a/includes/polling/interfaces.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/interfaces.inc.php
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ while ($interface = mysql_fetch_array($interface_query)) {
    $rrdfile = $host_rrd . "/" . safename($interface['ifIndex'] . ".rrd"); 
 
    if(!is_file($rrdfile)) {
-     $woo = shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] . " create $rrdfile \
-      DS:INOCTETS:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
+     rrdtool_create($rrdfile,"DS:INOCTETS:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
       DS:OUTOCTETS:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
       DS:INERRORS:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
       DS:OUTERRORS:COUNTER:600:0:12500000000 \
diff --git a/includes/polling/ipSystemStats.inc.php b/includes/polling/ipSystemStats.inc.php
index 1886c46104..4b419edd84 100755
--- a/includes/polling/ipSystemStats.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/ipSystemStats.inc.php
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
 
     $rrdfile = $config['rrd_dir'] . "/" . $device['hostname'] . "/" . safename("ipSystemStats-".$af.".rrd");
 
-    $rrd_create = $config['rrdtool'] . " create $rrdfile ";
-    $rrd_create .= "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:6:700 RRA:MAX:0.5:24:775 RRA:MAX:0.5:288:797";
+    $rrd_create = "RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 RRA:MAX:0.5:6:700 RRA:MAX:0.5:24:775 RRA:MAX:0.5:288:797";
     
     $rrdupdate = "N";
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@
       if(strstr($stats[$oid], "No") || strstr($stats[$oid], "d") || strstr($stats[$oid], "s")) { $stats[$oid] = "0"; }
       $rrdupdate  .= ":".$stats[$oid]; 
     }
-    if(!file_exists($rrdfile)) { shell_exec($rrd_create); }
+    if(!file_exists($rrdfile)) { rrdtool_create($rrdfile,$rrd_create); }
     rrdtool_update($rrdfile, $rrdupdate);
     unset($rrdupdate, $rrd_create);
 
diff --git a/includes/polling/os/junos.inc.php b/includes/polling/os/junos.inc.php
index defde86c0e..57021fa07d 100644
--- a/includes/polling/os/junos.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/os/junos.inc.php
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
 echo("Doing Juniper JunOS ");
-## FIX ME below
-$jun_ver  =  trim(str_replace("\"", "", shell_exec($config['snmpget'] . " -M ".$config['mibdir'] . " -m HOST-RESOURCES-MIB -".$device['snmpver']." -Oqv -c ".$device['community']." ".$device['hostname'].":".$device['port']." .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.6.3.1.2.2")));
-if(strpos($sysDescr, "olive")) {
+
+$jun_ver = snmp_get($device, ".1.3.6.1.2.1.25.6.3.1.2.2", "-Oqv", "HOST-RESOURCES-MIB");
+
+if(strpos($sysDescr, "olive"))
+{
   $hardware = "Olive";
   $serial = "";
 } else {
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ if (is_numeric($cpu_usage))
 {
   if (!is_file($cpurrd)) 
   {
-    $rrdcreate = shell_exec($config['rrdtool'] ." create $cpurrd --step 300 DS:LOAD:GAUGE:600:-1:100 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:1200                  RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:2000 \
+    rrd_create($cpurrd," --step 300 DS:LOAD:GAUGE:600:-1:100 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:1200                  RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:2000 \
                     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:2000 \
                     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:2000 \
                     RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:2000 \
diff --git a/includes/polling/ports.inc.php b/includes/polling/ports.inc.php
index 6589b73888..daf0db09a1 100755
--- a/includes/polling/ports.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/ports.inc.php
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
      // Update MySQL
      if ($update) { 
         $update_query  = "UPDATE `ports` SET ".$update." WHERE `interface_id` = '" . $port['interface_id'] . "'";
-        @mysql_query($update_query); $mysql++;
+        @mysql_query($update_query);
         if($debug) {echo("\nMYSQL : [ $update_query ]");}
       }
       // End Update MySQL
diff --git a/includes/polling/processors.inc.php b/includes/polling/processors.inc.php
index 41b2d9a8d7..612a41a125 100755
--- a/includes/polling/processors.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/processors.inc.php
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ while($processor = mysql_fetch_array($proc_data)) {
   $procrrd  = $config['rrd_dir'] . "/" . $device['hostname'] . "/" . safename("processor-" . $processor['processor_type'] . "-" . $processor['processor_index'] . ".rrd");
 
   if (!is_file($procrrd)) {
-   shell_exec("rrdtool create $procrrd \
-     --step 300 \
+   rrdtool_create($procrrd, "--step 300 \
      DS:usage:GAUGE:600:-273:1000 \
      RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:1200 \
      RRA:MIN:0.5:12:2400 \
diff --git a/includes/polling/toner.inc.php b/includes/polling/toner.inc.php
index 10cb96cdd2..8a5b015956 100755
--- a/includes/polling/toner.inc.php
+++ b/includes/polling/toner.inc.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if ($config['enable_printers'])
   {
     echo("Checking toner " . $toner['toner_descr'] . "... ");
 
+    # FIXME needs snmp_get
     $toner_cmd = $config['snmpget'] . " -M ".$config['mibdir'] . " -O Uqnv -" . $device['snmpver'] . " -c " . $device['community'] . " " . $device['hostname'].":".$device['port'] . " " . $toner['toner_oid'] . "|grep -v \"No Such Instance\"";
     $tonerperc = trim(str_replace("\"", "", shell_exec($toner_cmd)));
     $tonerperc = $tonerperc / $toner['toner_capacity'] * 100;
diff --git a/versioncheck.php b/versioncheck.php
index fab2a1ac66..833558cc3d 100755
--- a/versioncheck.php
+++ b/versioncheck.php
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ if($dataHandle)
                 list($cur, $tag) = explode("-", $config['version']);
 	        list($cur_major, $cur_minor, $cur_release) = explode(".", $cur);
 
-     	     if($argv[1] == "--cron") {
-             
-		shell_exec("echo $major.$minor.$release > rrd/version.txt ");
+     	     if($argv[1] == "--cron")
+     	     {
+     	       $fd = fopen('vrrd/version.txt','w');
+     	       fputs($fd, "$major.$minor.$release");
+     	       fclose($fd);
     
              } else {