Hmm .. I guess you've have to upload a file with 0 bytes into that directory. I believe you have to upload 4 null files into your variables directory as stated in the Files Generated sectin of the documentation. Sorry for the inconvenience.
P.S. dbode's problem fixed. He speicifed his ranks incorrectly and that was causing a problem
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