diff -u -r1.53 -r1.54
--- JobControlManager.java	13 Feb 2012 22:18:35 -0000	1.53
+++ JobControlManager.java	16 Mar 2012 19:40:25 -0000	1.54
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@

  * which it should be discarded.  If the {@link #run()} method is called twice on 
  * the same manager, a fatal exception will be thrown.
  *   

- * @version $Id: JobControlManager.java,v 1.53 2012/02/13 22:18:35 jeremy Exp $

+ * @version $Id: JobControlManager.java,v 1.54 2012/03/16 19:40:25 jeremy Exp $

  * @author Jeremy McCormick
  */
 public class JobControlManager

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@

 	// Boolean job options.
     private boolean performDryRun;
     private boolean rewrite;

+    private boolean checkInputFilesExist = true;

     
     // Settings effecting logging verbosity.
     private boolean printInputFiles;

@@ -1073,14 +1074,17 @@

 		}
 		
 		// Check that all the files exist.

-		for (File file : inputFiles)
-        {
-            if (!file.exists())
-            {
-                logStream.println("The input file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist!");
-                throw new RuntimeException("The input file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist!");
-            }
-        }

+		if (checkInputFilesExist) 
+		{
+			for (File file : inputFiles)
+			{
+				if (!file.exists())
+				{
+					logStream.println("The input file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist!");
+					throw new RuntimeException("The input file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " does not exist!");
+				}
+			}
+		}

 
 		// Print out the input file list.
         if (printInputFiles)

@@ -1449,4 +1453,8 @@

             return path;
         }
     }

+    
+    public void checkInputFiles(boolean c) {
+    	this.checkInputFilesExist = c;
+    }

 }

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