--- SessionFileStore.bak	Thu Mar 14 02:20:59 2002
+++ SessionFileStore.py	Tue Oct 29 17:30:12 2002
@@ -74,8 +74,17 @@
 		self._lock.acquire()
 		try:
 			file = open(filename, 'w')
-			self.encoder()(item, file)
-			file.close()
+			try:
+				self.encoder()(item, file)
+			except:						# session pickle error
+				file.close()
+				os.remove(filename)		# remove file because it's corrupt
+				print "! Exception while saving session %s to a file. Session was not saved." % (key,)
+				import sys, traceback
+				e = sys.exc_info()
+				traceback.print_exception(e[0], e[1], e[2])
+			else:
+				file.close()
 		finally:
 			self._lock.release()