Index: /trunk/PS-IPP-Config/lib/PS/IPP/Config.pm
===================================================================
--- /trunk/PS-IPP-Config/lib/PS/IPP/Config.pm	(revision 17663)
+++ /trunk/PS-IPP-Config/lib/PS/IPP/Config.pm	(revision 17664)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2006  Paul Price, Joshua Hoblitt
 #
-# $Id: Config.pm,v 1.83 2008-05-13 20:26:53 jhoblitt Exp $
+# $Id: Config.pm,v 1.84 2008-05-14 01:52:31 bills Exp $
 
 package PS::IPP::Config;
@@ -364,4 +364,5 @@
     my $self = shift;		# Configuration object
     my $name = shift;		# File name to check
+    my $touch = shift;		# if $name is in nebulous instantiate it
 
     my $scheme = file_scheme($name); # The scheme, e.g., file://, path://
@@ -374,4 +375,12 @@
 	$self->_neb_start();
 	my $neb = $self->{nebulous}; # Nebulous handle
+        if ($touch) {
+            unless ($neb->stat( $name )) {
+                unless($neb->create( $name )) {
+                    carp "unable to instantiate $name.";
+                    exit($PS_EXIT_DATA_ERROR);
+                }
+            }
+        }
 	return $neb->find( $name );
     }