Index: imagecache.module
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--- imagecache.module	(revision 2272)
+++ imagecache.module	(working copy)
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@
     // header()
     exit;
   }
+  if (!file_exists(file_directory_temp() .'/'. $preset['presetname'])) {
+    mkdir(file_directory_temp() .'/'. $preset['presetname'], 0775, true);
+  }
   touch($lockfile);
   // register the shtdown function to clean up lock files.
   // by the time shutdown functions are being called