From 1ef2c4006d035bae83c6aec5e392da74a9e266d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 11:01:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Patch for an Issue #892

---
 lib/core/common.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 0182c2949..20824f268 100755
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -857,8 +857,13 @@ def dataToOutFile(filename, data):
     if data:
         retVal = os.path.join(conf.filePath, filePathToSafeString(filename))
 
-        with codecs.open(retVal, "wb", UNICODE_ENCODING) as f:
-            f.write(data)
+        try:
+            with codecs.open(retVal, "wb", UNICODE_ENCODING) as f:
+                f.write(data)
+        except IOError, ex:
+            errMsg = "something went wrong while trying to write "
+            errMsg += "to the output file ('%s')" % ex
+            raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
 
     return retVal