Index: trunk/PS-IPP-Config/lib/PS/IPP/Config.pm
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--- trunk/PS-IPP-Config/lib/PS/IPP/Config.pm	(revision 29891)
+++ trunk/PS-IPP-Config/lib/PS/IPP/Config.pm	(revision 30071)
@@ -1107,7 +1107,8 @@
     }
 
-    if (file_scheme($output) ne 'neb') {
+    my $scheme = file_scheme($output);
+    if (!$scheme or ($scheme ne 'neb')) {
         # non-nebulous file we're done
-        if ($delete_existing) {
+        if ($delete_existing and $self->file_exists($output)) {
             if (!$self->file_delete($output)) {
                 carp "failed to delete $output";
@@ -1181,5 +1182,6 @@
     my $copies = shift;
 
-    if (file_scheme($file) ne 'neb') {
+    my $scheme = file_scheme($file);
+    if (!$scheme or ($scheme ne 'neb')) {
         carp "cannot replicate non-neulous file: $file";
         return 0;