Re: cannot check files or directories that do not exists

[MosheC]

Thanks. Can you point me to the relevant change in the code?


Jan-Henrik Haukeland wrote:
> 
> This has been discussed on the mailing list [1] recently and fixed in  
> CVS. Will be part of the next monit release.
> 
> 
> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/monit-general/2007-09/ 
> msg00078.html
> 
> 
> On 3. okt. 2007, at 01.31, Moshe Cohen wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> When I try to check for a file that does not exist I get:
>> /home/moshe/monitrc:30: Error: the path '/home/moshe/ff' used in  
>> the TIMESTAMP statement does not exist '/home/moshe/ff'
>>
>> This is quite disturbing as many files that I would like to test  
>> against do not exists when i start Monit. Actually, Monit will  
>> indirectly cause them to be created.
>>
>> I read the archives and saw this was reported a long time ago and  
>> the release notes for 4.8 include:
>>
>> * Removed a feature introduced in 4.7 which tested that a
>>   check-file, check-directory or check-fifo actually refered
>>   to an existing object of that type. Monit should not require
>>   these file objects to exist at startup.
>>
>> I am using 4.9 now and have the problem. I also tested 4.8 and  
>> 4.8.2 and the problem exists there too.
>>
>> This is an example of usage:
>> check directory sbin with path /home/moshe/ff
>>         if changed timestamp
>>          then alert
>>
>> TIA for any help
>> Moshe
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