diff -u -p monit-3.0/l.l monit-monex-3.0/l.l
--- monit-3.0/l.l	Thu Sep  5 16:04:24 2002
+++ monit-monex-3.0/l.l	Fri Oct 18 17:19:22 2002
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ nntp              { return NNTP; }
 autostart         { return AUTOSTART; }
 yes	          { return YES; }
 no	          { return NO; }
+started	          { return STARTED; }
 group             { return GROUP; }
 request           { return REQUEST; }
 cpuusage          { return CPUUSAGE; }
diff -u -p monit-3.0/monitor.h monit-monex-3.0/monitor.h
--- monit-3.0/monitor.h	Thu Sep 12 19:01:40 2002
+++ monit-monex-3.0/monitor.h	Fri Oct 18 16:54:27 2002
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ typedef struct myprocess {
   Command_T start;                    /**< The start command for the process */
   Command_T stop;                      /**< The stop command for the process */
   int  do_validate;    /**< validation flag, if FALSE, no validation is done */
+  int  do_validate_started; /**< validation, if FALSE, no validation is done */
+  int  started;             /**< started, if FALSE, no start is done */
   int  ncycle;                          /**< The number of the current cycle */
   int  nstart;           /**< The number of current starts with this process */
   int  to_start;                                  /**< Timeout start ceiling */
diff -u -p monit-3.0/p.y monit-monex-3.0/p.y
--- monit-3.0/p.y	Fri Oct 18 17:33:20 2002
+++ monit-monex-3.0/p.y	Fri Oct 18 17:18:45 2002
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 %token <number> NUMBER
 %token <real> REAL
 %token CPUUSAGE MEMUSAGE MEMKBYTE CYCLES RESOURCE LOADAVG1 LOADAVG5 LOADAVG15
-%token AUTOSTART YES NO
+%token AUTOSTART YES NO STARTED
 %token GROUP REQUEST
 
 %nonassoc CHECKSUM
@@ -418,8 +418,9 @@ program         : PATH { addchecksum($1,
                 | PATH EXPECT STRING { addchecksum($1, $3); }
                 ;
 
-autostart	: AUTOSTART YES { current->do_validate=TRUE; }
-		| AUTOSTART NO  { current->do_validate=FALSE; }
+autostart	: AUTOSTART YES { current->do_validate=TRUE; current->do_validate_started=TRUE; }
+		| AUTOSTART NO  { current->do_validate=FALSE; current->do_validate_started=FALSE; }
+		| AUTOSTART STARTED { current->do_validate=FALSE; current->do_validate_started=TRUE; }
 		;
 
 group		: GROUP STRING { current->group= $2; }
@@ -579,6 +580,8 @@ static void createprocess(char *name, ch
 
   /* Set default values */
   current->do_validate= TRUE;
+  current->do_validate_started= TRUE;
+  current->started = FALSE;
 
   current->name= name;
   current->pidfile= pidfile;
diff -u -p monit-3.0/start.c monit-monex-3.0/start.c
--- monit-3.0/start.c	Fri Sep  6 20:13:37 2002
+++ monit-monex-3.0/start.c	Mon Oct 21 17:51:06 2002
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ void start_process(Process_T p) {
   }
 
   log("Start: (%s) %s\n", p->name, p->start->arg[0]);
+  p->started=TRUE;
+  if (p->do_validate_started)
+	  p->do_validate=TRUE;
 
   spawn(p, p->start);
   
diff -u -p monit-3.0/stop.c monit-monex-3.0/stop.c
--- monit-3.0/stop.c	Fri Sep  6 20:13:37 2002
+++ monit-monex-3.0/stop.c	Fri Oct 18 16:59:33 2002
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ void stop_process(Process_T p) {
     return;
     
   }
-  
+  p->started = FALSE; 
   log("Stop: (%s) %s\n", p->name, p->stop->arg[0]);
   
   spawn(p, p->stop);
diff -u -p monit-3.0/validate.c monit-monex-3.0/validate.c
--- monit-3.0/validate.c	Fri Oct 18 17:33:20 2002
+++ monit-monex-3.0/validate.c	Fri Oct 18 17:32:17 2002
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static void do_stop(Process_T p, char *m
 static int do_not_validate(Process_T p) {
   
   return (!p->do_validate || check_skip(p) || check_timeout(p) ||
-	   check_checksum(p));
+	  check_checksum(p) || !(p->do_validate_started && p->started));
 
 }