--- check_file_age.pl	Wed Jun  8 05:29:07 2005
+++ /usr/local/libexec/nagios/check_file_age	Wed Jun  8 05:25:19 2005
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 sub print_help ();
 sub print_usage ();
 
-my ($opt_c, $opt_f, $opt_w, $opt_C, $opt_W, $opt_h, $opt_V);
+my ($opt_c, $opt_f, $opt_w, $opt_C, $opt_W, $opt_h, $opt_V, $opt_n);
 my ($result, $message, $age, $size, $st);
 
 $PROGNAME="check_file_age";
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
 	"w=f" => \$opt_w, "warning-age=f" => \$opt_w,
 	"W=f" => \$opt_W, "warning-size=f" => \$opt_W,
 	"c=f" => \$opt_c, "critical-age=f" => \$opt_c,
-	"C=f" => \$opt_C, "critical-size=f" => \$opt_C);
+	"C=f" => \$opt_C, "critical-size=f" => \$opt_C,
+	"n"   => \$opt_n, "no_file_ok"	=> \$opt_n);
 
 if ($opt_V) {
 	print_revision($PROGNAME, '$Id: check_file_age.pl,v 1.2 2003/10/21 15:56:35 tonvoon Exp $');
@@ -74,6 +75,9 @@
 # Examine the file.
 unless (-f $opt_f) {
 	print "$opt_f: File not found\n";
+	if ($opt_n) {
+		exit $ERRORS{'OK'};
+	}
 	exit $ERRORS{'UNKNOWN'};
 }
 
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@
 
 sub print_usage () {
 	print "Usage:\n";
-	print "  $PROGNAME [-w <secs>] [-c <secs>] [-W <size>] [-C <size>] -f <file>\n";
+	print "  $PROGNAME [-w <secs>] [-c <secs>] [-W <size>] [-C <size>] -n -f <file>\n";
 	print "  $PROGNAME [-h | --help]\n";
 	print "  $PROGNAME [-V | --version]\n";
 }
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@
 	print "\n";
 	print "  <secs>  File must be no more than this many seconds old\n";
 	print "  <size>  File must be at least this many bytes long\n";
+	print "  use -n if you don\'t want an error condition for file not found\n";
 	print "\n";
 	support();
 }