1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
index 9ec39ff339b..be317ae672e 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/bytecomp.el
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 ;;; This version incorporates changes up to version 2.10 of the
 ;;; Zawinski-Furuseth compiler.
-(defconst byte-compile-version "$Revision: 2.96 $")
+(defconst byte-compile-version "$Revision: 2.97 $")
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -3716,6 +3716,17 @@ already up-to-date."
 (defun batch-byte-compile-file (file)
   (condition-case err
       (byte-compile-file file)
+    (file-error
+     (message (if (cdr err)
+                  ">>Error occurred processing %s: %s (%s)"
+                  ">>Error occurred processing %s: %s")
+              file
+              (get (car err) 'error-message)
+              (prin1-to-string (cdr err)))
+     (let ((destfile (byte-compile-dest-file file)))
+       (if (file-exists-p destfile)
+           (delete-file destfile)))
+     nil)
     (error
      (message (if (cdr err)
                   ">>Error occurred processing %s: %s (%s)"