Re: monit 4.7 and check file existence

[Martin Pala]

Jan-Henrik Haukeland wrote:
> 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 think it will be better to remove it ... in the case of problem, monit 
will detect it in the first cycle and can take corrective actions as 
configured (for example run 'restart' method which will fix the problem).

Martin