> Is there a way to create an empty database on the disk? ``` $ ./sqlite3 foo.db SQLite version 3.34.0 2020-08-28 11:19:49 Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite> .exit $ l foo.db ls: cannot access 'foo.db': No such file or directory ``` Apparently you have to perform some write operation first: ``` $ ./sqlite3 foo.db SQLite version 3.34.0 2020-08-28 11:19:49 Enter ".help" for usage hints. sqlite> create table t(a); drop table t; sqlite> .exit $ l foo.db -rw-r--r-- 1 stephan stephan 8192 Dec 26 01:56 foo.db ```