Create empty files?

From: Victor Porton <porton@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:20:36 -0800 (PST)

An application uses files with IDs.

What of the following two variants is preferred?

1. To create empty IDs files at setup script.

2. If an IDs file is missing, treat it as if it would exist but empty.

Why?
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