Re: monit 4.7 and check file existence

[Franklin Ankum]

> On 12. jan. 2006, at 20.48, P Holdaway wrote:
>
> > Monit 4.7 now requires the existence of a check file argument for a 
> > valid
> > syntax check?
>
> Yes and the same test is also added for check-directory and check-fifo.
>
> > This then prevents monit running, and means the syntax of monitrc is
> > dependant on the run time environment.
> >
> > Seems nasty.
>
> Hmm I haven't thought about it like that. This was meant to be an  extra 
> check at startup to avoid a string of alerts at runtime if the  file is 
> not a file or not there. Mind that should the file disappear  when monit 
> is running you will get error alerts as usual and monit  will of course 
> not stop. This test is just done at startup.
>
> Since your bring this up, I can see (now) a problem in cases such as  if 
> monit is automatically started at boot time you will want monit to  start 
> no matter what and that a missing file should not be a show- stopper.
>
> Should we remove this extra test, what do others think?

I agree with Peter,

none running Processes aren't checked to prevent monit from running.
How would i check for core dumps, they will most likely not exist when 
everything is well
and i would like an alert and do some action as soon as such a file exists.

Regards Franklin