diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 3af875b2f2..c096fdad23 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -8568,3 +8568,18 @@ David  26 June 2005
         file_names.C
     html/ops
         cancel_wu_action.php
+
+Bruce  27 June 2005
+    - when using locality scheduler, have transitioner or backend
+      lib advertise data file when new result is created.
+    - code organization: create new lib function boinc_touch_file()
+      from code that was in locality scheduler module.
+
+    lib/
+        filesys.C
+        filesys.h
+    tools/
+        backend_lib.C
+    sched/
+        transitioner.C
+        sched_locality.C
diff --git a/lib/filesys.C b/lib/filesys.C
index 1ae27a5cbe..6fc9c0c1df 100755
--- a/lib/filesys.C
+++ b/lib/filesys.C
@@ -392,6 +392,22 @@ bool boinc_file_exists(const char* path) {
    return true;
 }
 
+// returns zero on success, nonzero if didn't touch file
+//
+int boinc_touch_file(const char *path) {
+    FILE *fp;
+                                                                                                                                                                               
+    if (boinc_file_exists(path)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+                                                                                                                                                                               
+    if ((fp=fopen(path, "w"))) {
+        fclose(fp);
+        return 0;
+    }
+                                                                                                                                                                               
+    return -1;
+}
 
 int boinc_copy(const char* orig, const char* newf) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
diff --git a/lib/filesys.h b/lib/filesys.h
index e9b399f777..44e2ac50bd 100755
--- a/lib/filesys.h
+++ b/lib/filesys.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ typedef DIR *DIRREF;
 extern "C" {
 #endif
   extern int boinc_delete_file(const char*);
+  extern int boinc_touch_file(const char *path);
   extern int clean_out_dir(const char*);
   extern FILE* boinc_fopen(const char* path, const char* mode);
   extern int boinc_copy(const char* orig, const char* newf);
diff --git a/sched/sched_locality.C b/sched/sched_locality.C
index 4ddfc43457..bc5516f6a9 100644
--- a/sched/sched_locality.C
+++ b/sched/sched_locality.C
@@ -324,24 +324,6 @@ static bool work_generation_over(char *filename) {
     return boinc_file_exists(fullpath);
 }
 
-// returns zero on success, nonzero if didn't touch file
-//
-int touch_file(char *path) {
-    FILE *fp;
-
-    if (boinc_file_exists(path)) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if ((fp=fopen(path, "w"))) {
-        fclose(fp);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return -1;
-}
-
-
 // Ask the WU generator to make more WUs for this file.
 // Returns nonzero if can't make more work.
 // Returns zero if it *might* have made more work
@@ -365,7 +347,7 @@ int make_more_work_for_file(char* filename) {
     // If this operation fails, don't worry or tarry!
     //
     sprintf(fullpath, "../locality_scheduling/need_work/%s", filename);
-    if (touch_file(fullpath)) {
+    if (boinc_touch_file(fullpath)) {
         log_messages.printf(
             SCHED_MSG_LOG::CRITICAL,
             "unable to touch %s\n", fullpath
@@ -431,7 +413,7 @@ error_exit:
 static void flag_for_possible_removal(char* filename) {
     char path[256];
     sprintf(path, "../locality_scheduling/working_set_removal/%s", filename);
-    touch_file(path);
+    boinc_touch_file(path);
     return;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/backend_lib.C b/tools/backend_lib.C
index c73ba1c082..fc13b3a22e 100644
--- a/tools/backend_lib.C
+++ b/tools/backend_lib.C
@@ -391,6 +391,19 @@ int create_result(
             return retval;
         }
     }
+
+    // if using locality scheduling, advertise data file
+    // associated with this newly-created result
+    //
+    if (config.locality_scheduling) {
+        char datafilename[512];
+        char *last=strstr(result.name, "__");
+        if (result.name<last && last<(result.name+255)) {
+            sprintf(datafilename, "../locality_scheduling/work_available/");
+            strncat(datafilename, result.name, last-result.name);
+            boinc_touch_file(datafilename);
+        } 
+    }
     return 0;
 }