Naming decision: "Create it if it doesn't exist" in one word

Question

Exact duplicate of

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1238386/function-name-for-creating-something-if-its-not-there-yet

I have a function which checks if a certain thing exists, and if not, creates it. What would be a good word for it? Right now I'm using "maintain", so the function is called maintain_buffer_on_path, but I think that "maintain" is misleading. Can you think of a better one-word name?

Answer 1

I usually use ensure for this.

Answer 2

EnsureExists (or simpler Ensure) seems to be some kind of a convention.

Answer 3

I've heard the word vivify to refer to this.