added recursive directory handling for state-dir flag

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Use summary output by default in generated events
 * Include files with zero matching lines in summary output
 * typo in long argument for invert-thresholds
+* creation of `state-directory` with a provided recursive path is made possible. 
 
 ## [0.6.0] - 2022-05-05
 

main.go

@@ -311,14 +311,10 @@ func checkArgs(event *corev2.Event) (int, error) {
 		return sensu.CheckStateCritical, fmt.Errorf("--match-expr not specified")
 	}
 	if _, err := os.Stat(plugin.StateDir); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		//err := os.Mkdir(plugin.StateDir, os.ModePerm)
+		//creating recursive directories incase
 		err := os.MkdirAll(plugin.StateDir, os.ModePerm)
 		if err != nil {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("selected --state-directory %s does not exist and cannot be created.Expected a correct Path to create/reach the directory", plugin.StateDir)
-			fmt.Println(err.Error())
-			//logrus.Exit(sensu.CheckStateCritical)
-			return sensu.CheckStateCritical, 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)
+			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 {