From 99ff7c741b2b8c837e651f221ec4c0d8b47513fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Sargent <philip.sargent@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 18:54:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] bug fix for server

---
 parsers/caves.py | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parsers/caves.py b/parsers/caves.py
index 8e2abaffb..4e720db43 100644
--- a/parsers/caves.py
+++ b/parsers/caves.py
@@ -730,11 +730,14 @@ def read_cave(filename, cave=None):
 
 def add_cave_to_pending_list(id):
     fpending = Path(CAVEDESCRIPTIONS, "pendingcaves.txt")
-    if settings.DBSWITCH == "sqlite": # dev machine only
-        if fpending.is_file():
-            with open(fpending, "a") as pend:
-                pend.write(f"{id}\n")
-            # now need to do the git commit thing if running on server. 
+    try:
+        if settings.DBSWITCH == "sqlite": # dev machine only
+            if fpending.is_file():
+                with open(fpending, "a") as pend:
+                    pend.write(f"{id}\n")
+                # now need to do the git commit thing if running on server. 
+    except: 
+        pass
  
 def readcaves():
     """Called from databaseReset mass importer.