diff -Nur xymon-4.3.29.bak/lib/links.c xymon-4.3.29/lib/links.c

--- xymon-4.3.29.bak/lib/links.c	2019-07-23 18:46:51.000000000 +0400

+++ xymon-4.3.29/lib/links.c	2019-09-11 11:26:35.282311240 +0400

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@

 	return newlink;

 }

-static void load_links(char *directory, char *urlprefix)

+static void load_links(char *directory, char *urlprefix, int softfail)

 {

 	DIR		*linkdir;

 	struct dirent 	*d;

@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@

 	linkdir = opendir(directory);

 	if (!linkdir) {

-		errprintf("Cannot read links in directory %s\n", directory);

+		if (softfail) { dbgprintf("Cannot read links in directory %s\n", directory); }

+		else errprintf("Cannot read links in directory %s\n", directory);

 		return;

 	}

@@ -141,13 +142,16 @@

 	if (!hostdocurl || (strlen(hostdocurl) == 0)) {

 		strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONNOTESDIR"), sizeof(dirname));

-		load_links(dirname, notesskin);

+		load_links(dirname, notesskin, 1);

 	}

-	/* Change xxx/xxx/xxx/notes into xxx/xxx/xxx/help */

-	strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONNOTESDIR"), sizeof(dirname));

-	p = strrchr(dirname, '/'); *p = '\0'; strncat(dirname, "/help", (sizeof(dirname) - strlen(dirname)));

-	load_links(dirname, helpskin);

+	/* If no XYMONHELPDIR, change xxx/xxx/xxx/notes into xxx/xxx/xxx/help */

+	if (xgetenv("XYMONHELPDIR")) strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONHELPDIR"), sizeof(dirname));

+	else {

+		strncpy(dirname, xgetenv("XYMONNOTESDIR"), sizeof(dirname));

+		p = strrchr(dirname, '/'); *p = '\0'; strncat(dirname, "/help", (sizeof(dirname) - strlen(dirname)));

+	}

+	load_links(dirname, helpskin, 0);

 	linksloaded = 1;

diff -Nur xymon-4.3.29.bak/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST xymon-4.3.29/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST

--- xymon-4.3.29.bak/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST	2015-10-08 05:15:48.000000000 +0400

+++ xymon-4.3.29/xymond/etcfiles/xymonserver.cfg.DIST	2019-09-11 11:07:36.663615855 +0400

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@

 XYMONHTMLSTATUSDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/html"		# HTML status logs go here (xymond_filestore --status --html)

 XYMONNOTESDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/notes"		# For notes-files (xymond_filestore --notes)

 XYMONREPDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/rep"			# Top-level directory for Xymon reports.

+XYMONHELPDIR="$XYMONSTATICWWWDIR/help"		# Online help files are located here

 XYMONSNAPDIR="$XYMONWWWDIR/snap"		# Top-level directory for Xymon snapshots.

 # For the xymond_history module