From 98c3e5ce8eb7db0ca4087fe371b38b155f26bf57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: KHobbits <rob@khobbits.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:48:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Recover from broken config files, but keep a backup of the
 old one for purpose of data recovery.

---
 Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsConf.java | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsConf.java b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsConf.java
index 35252532f..ec6e27b53 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsConf.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsConf.java
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ public class EssentialsConf extends Configuration
 			super.load();
 		}
 		catch (RuntimeException e)
-		{
-			LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "File broken: " + configFile.toString());
-			throw e;
+		{		
+			File broken = new File(configFile.getAbsolutePath() + ".broken." + System.currentTimeMillis());
+			configFile.renameTo(broken);
+			LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "The file " + configFile.toString() + " is broken, it has been renamed to " + broken.toString(), e.getCause());			
 		}
 
 		if (this.root == null)