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Just write out the buddy icon file; there's no need to check to see if it exists. This is for the cache, and if the blist.xml gets out of sync with the cache on disk (for example, because the user moves the blist.xml file out of the way), the existing code will never update the cached icon again.

For information on writing a plugin for Purple, Pidgin or Finch, go
http://developer.pidgin.im and click on API.  From there, see the HOWTOs in the
"Related Pages" section.

You can also generate this documentation locally by installing
doxygen and graphviz dot, then running "make docs" in the
source tree.  The documentation will be in the docs/html directory.