--- ./BitTornado/BT1/Storage.py.orig	2005-02-21 13:30:50.000000000 +0100
+++ ./BitTornado/BT1/Storage.py	2005-02-21 13:49:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@
                             +strftime(' != (%x %X) ?',localtime(getmtime(file))) )
                 raise IOError('modified during download')
         try:
-            return open(file, mode)
+            try:
+                return open(file, mode)
+            except IOError:             # File did not exist?
+                open(file, "a").close() # Creates empty file but will never
+                                        # truncate existing file
+                return open(file, mode)
         except:
             if DEBUG:
                 print_exc()