How do I setup a monit script to check if a directory exists and create it if it doesn't

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Published on 2010-03-29T09:50:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 9:53 UTC
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In the monit documentation I can see there is a check directory command but I can't see any examples of how to use it to see if the directory exists and if it doesn't to create the directory using the mkdir command.

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