[Nagiosplug-devel] [ nagiosplug-Patches-3240541 ] Add support for --ignore-missing for check_file_age

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Patches item #3240541, was opened at 2011-03-24 07:44
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Category: Enhancement
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: vargo (vargok)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Add support for --ignore-missing for check_file_age

Initial Comment:
  Please find attached a patch against v1.4.5 of check_file_age to provide for a -i | --ignore-missing option.  This allows files that don't exist to be monitored for without causing an error.  The use case is:

  *  one process periodically pushes files to an "input" queue for a second process
  *  the second process, when running cleanly will "consume" (process and remove) these files

So the conditions to meet are:
  1.  If the file doesn't exist, that's fine (OK)
  2.  If the file exists, but is less than X seconds, that's fine (OK)
  3.  If the file exists, but greater than X seconds, no good (CRITICAL)


v1.4.5 doesn't permit this behavior, as a non-existent file is considered CRITICAL.

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