recursive state di creation allowed

main.go

@@ -7,15 +7,14 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	corev2 "github.com/sensu/core/v2"
+	"github.com/sensu/sensu-plugin-sdk/sensu"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-
-	corev2 "github.com/sensu/core/v2"
-	"github.com/sensu/sensu-plugin-sdk/sensu"
 )
 
 // Config represents the check plugin config.
@@ -310,16 +309,6 @@ func checkArgs(event *corev2.Event) (int, error) {
 	if plugin.MatchExpr == "" {
 		return sensu.CheckStateCritical, fmt.Errorf("--match-expr not specified")
 	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(plugin.StateDir); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		//creating recursive directories incase
-		err := os.MkdirAll(plugin.StateDir, os.ModePerm)
-		if err != nil {
-			return sensu.CheckStateCritical, fmt.Errorf("selected --state-directory %s does not exist and cannot be created.Expected a correct Path to create/reach the directory", plugin.StateDir)
-		}
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(plugin.StateDir); err != nil {
-		return sensu.CheckStateCritical, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error accessing --state-directory %s: %s", plugin.StateDir, err)
-	}
 	if plugin.DryRun {
 		plugin.Verbose = true
 		fmt.Printf("LogFileExpr: %s StateDir: %s\n", plugin.LogFileExpr, plugin.StateDir)
@@ -598,6 +587,19 @@ func setStatus(currentStatus int, numMatches int) int {
 func executeCheck(event *corev2.Event) (int, error) {
 	var status int
 	status = 0
+
+	//create state directory if not existing already
+	if _, err := os.Stat(plugin.StateDir); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		//creating recursive directories incase
+		err := os.MkdirAll(plugin.StateDir, os.ModePerm)
+		if err != nil {
+			return sensu.CheckStateCritical, fmt.Errorf("selected --state-directory %s does not exist and cannot be created.Expected a correct Path to create/reach the directory", plugin.StateDir)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(plugin.StateDir); err != nil {
+		return sensu.CheckStateCritical, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error accessing --state-directory %s: %s", plugin.StateDir, err)
+	}
+
 	logs, e := buildLogArray()
 	if e != nil {
 		return sensu.CheckStateCritical, e