From 205510f1ebae68147df7c73bc71c692fd03ff045 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Kelling <ian@iankelling.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 02:20:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] minor fix

---
 mailtest-check | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mailtest-check b/mailtest-check
index 9b41954..3634017 100755
--- a/mailtest-check
+++ b/mailtest-check
@@ -96,9 +96,12 @@ pr() {
     cat >>/var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/mailtest-check.prom.$$
   fi
 }
-pr <<EOF
+# first time we write, overwrite anything existing
+if [[ -e /var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter ]]; then
+  cat >/var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/mailtest-check.prom.$$ <<EOF
 mailtest_check_found_spamd_pid_bool $(( ${spamdpid:-0} > 0 ))
 EOF
+fi
 e spamdpid: $spamdpid
 if [[ ! $spamdpid ]]; then
   echo $HOSTNAME mailtest spamd pid not found. systemctl status spamassassin:
-- 
2.30.2