--- doc/loncapafiles/updatequery.piml	2002/05/16 18:38:11	1.10
+++ doc/loncapafiles/updatequery.piml	2002/06/06 15:44:27	1.14
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- updatequery.piml -->
 <!-- Scott Harrison -->
 
-<!-- $Id: updatequery.piml,v 1.10 2002/05/16 18:38:11 harris41 Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: updatequery.piml,v 1.14 2002/06/06 15:44:27 harris41 Exp $ -->
 
 <!--
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ my %perlvar;
 	    if ($configline =~ /^[^\#]*PerlSetVar/) {
 		my ($unused,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
 		chomp($varvalue);
-		$perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
+		$perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue if $varvalue!~/^\{\[\[\[\[/;
 	    }
 	}
 	close(CONFIG);
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ my %perlvar;
     }
     unless ($perlvar{'lonReceipt'}) {
        my $lonReceipt='';
-       srand($$.time);
+       srand(time ^ $$ ^ unpack "%L*", `ps axww | gzip`);
        my @alnum=(0..9,a..z);
        foreach my $i (1..20) {
 	 $lonReceipt.=$alnum[int(rand(36))];
@@ -454,10 +454,51 @@ while (!$flag) {
   print "ENTER 1, 2, 3, or 4:\n";
   my $choice=&lt;&gt;;
   chomp($choice);
+    $line2insert=&lt;&lt;END;
+$perlvar{'lonHostID'}:$perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}:$perlvar{'lonRole'}:$hostname:$hostaddress
+END
+    $date=`date -I`; chomp($date);
+    $lonHostID=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+    $lonHostID=~s/\W//g;
+    $lineexistflag=0;
+    $hostidexistflag=0;
   if ($choice==1) {
     $lonCluster='production';
     `rm -f ../hosts.tab`;
-    `ln -s production_hosts.tab ../hosts.tab`;
+    open(IN,'&lt;../production_hosts.tab');
+    while(&lt;IN&gt;) {
+      if (/^$line2insert$/) {
+        $lineexistflag=1;
+      }
+      if (/^$perlvar{'lonHostID'}\:/) {
+        $hostidexistflag=1;
+      }
+    }
+    close(IN);
+    if ($hostidexistflag and !$lineexistflag) {
+      print &lt;&lt;END;
+WARNING: $lonHostID already exists inside
+loncapa/loncom/production_hosts.tab.  The entry inside
+production_hosts.tab does not match your settings.
+The entry inside production_hosts.tab is being replaced
+with your new values.
+END
+      `grep -v "$lonHostID:" ../production_hosts.tab &gt; ../new_production_hosts.tab`;
+       open(OUT,'&gt;&gt;../new_production_hosts.tab') or
+         die("cannot open loncom/standalone_hosts.tab for output\n");
+         print(OUT $line2insert);
+       close(OUT);
+      `ln -s new_production_hosts.tab ../hosts.tab`;
+      # email appropriate message
+      `echo "REPLACE:$lonHostID:date:$line2insert" | mail -s "REPLACE:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org`;
+    }
+    elsif ($hostidexistflag and $lineexistflag) {
+      `ln -s production_hosts.tab ../hosts.tab`;
+    }
+    elsif (!$$hostidexistflag and !$lineexistflag) {
+      `cat ../production_hosts.tab &gt; ../new_production_hosts.tab`;
+      `ln -s new_production_hosts.tab &gt; ../hosts.tab`;
+    }
     $flag=1;
   }
   elsif ($choice==2) {