[Xymon] test for existence of directory on Windows

[Malcolm Hunter]

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Simmonds
> Sent: 03/21/12 10:08 AM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: [Xymon] test for existence of directory on Windows
> 
> I'm trying to set up a test to check for the existence of certain
> directories on windows. We have automated transfers that run but our
> users sometimes delete or move the directories by mistake causing the
> transfers to fail.
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> I've configured client-local.cfg and analysis.cfg and the test is
> working, however if the directory is empty it alerts at yellow and says
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> "Could not determine size of directory E:\dirtest"
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> I'd like to either fix it so that it correctly recognises the directory
> exists or stop the yellow alert somehow,
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> I thought of perhaps using "delayyellow=file:10000000 which would give
> me about 20 years before it would turn yellow but this is not ideal.

You could create a small hidden file in the folder - then it's never empty.

Malcolm
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