--- branches/lezbib/all2xml.pl	2004/09/21 16:40:46	457
+++ branches/lezbib/all2xml.pl	2004/09/21 16:53:44	458
@@ -637,6 +637,10 @@
 	my $lookup_file = $cfg -> val($database, 'lookup_newfile'); # optional
 	if ($lookup_file) {
 		#tie %lhash, 'GDBM_File', $lookup_file, &GDBM_NEWDB, 0644;
+		if (! -e $lookup_file) {
+			open(LOOKUP, "> $lookup_file") || die "can't create $lookup_file': $!";
+			close(LOOKUP);
+		}
 		tie %lhash, 'TDB_File', $lookup_file, TDB_CLEAR_IF_FIRST, O_RDWR, 0644;
 		print STDERR "creating lookup file '$lookup_file'\n";
 		# delete memory cache for lookup file