From 860ced15e6dc83fe6009b4e8f7f7ec63398f440d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McGuire <mcguirepr89@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 12:18:57 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix for clearing all data

---
 scripts/species_notifier.sh | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/species_notifier.sh b/scripts/species_notifier.sh
index 5a2bec5..9cb76e7 100755
--- a/scripts/species_notifier.sh
+++ b/scripts/species_notifier.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ source /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 
 lastcheck="$(mktemp)"
 
+[ -f ${IDFILE} ] || touch ${IDFILE}
+
 cp ${IDFILE} ${lastcheck}
 
 /home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/new_update_species.sh