diff -r 0835ed67714b -r 2f0d208b8137 eric6/Network/IRC/IrcChannelWidget.py --- a/eric6/Network/IRC/IrcChannelWidget.py Sat Nov 21 19:31:16 2020 +0100 +++ b/eric6/Network/IRC/IrcChannelWidget.py Sun Nov 22 16:04:59 2020 +0100 @@ -1400,7 +1400,7 @@ txt = self.messages.toPlainText() with open(fname, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: f.write(txt) - except IOError as err: + except OSError as err: E5MessageBox.critical( self, self.tr("Error saving Messages"),