--- doc/loncapafiles/updatequery.piml	2004/06/29 15:18:41	1.33
+++ doc/loncapafiles/updatequery.piml	2005/03/23 18:43:24	1.36
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!-- updatequery.piml -->
 
-<!-- $Id: updatequery.piml,v 1.33 2004/06/29 15:18:41 albertel Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: updatequery.piml,v 1.36 2005/03/23 18:43:24 albertel Exp $ -->
 
 <!--
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ while (!$flag) {
 }
 
 # need to recommend a machine ID name (ipdomain.l.somenumber)
-my $hostname=`hostname`; chomp($hostname);
+my $hostname=`hostname -f`; chomp($hostname);
 my $ipdomain='';
 if ($hostname=~/([^\.]*)\.([^\.]*)$/) {
   $ipdomain=$1;
@@ -737,16 +737,14 @@ END
 <target dist='default'>loncom/hosts.tab</target>
 <perlscript mode='fg'>
 unless (-l "<TARGET />") {
-  my $hostname=`hostname`;chomp($hostname);
-  my $hostaddress=`hostname -i $hostname`;chomp($hostaddress);
-  $hostaddress=~s/\s//;
+  my $hostname=`hostname -f`;chomp($hostname);
   $date=`date -I`; chomp($date);
   $lonHostID=$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
   $lonHostID=~s/\W//g;
   $lineexistflag=0;
   $hostidexistflag=0;
   $line2insert=&lt;&lt;END;
-$perlvar{'lonHostID'}:$perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}:$perlvar{'lonRole'}:$hostname:$hostaddress
+$perlvar{'lonHostID'}:$perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}:$perlvar{'lonRole'}:$hostname
 END
   $domaininsert="$perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}:$domainDescription:$domainTabExtras\n";
   if ($lonCluster eq 'standalone') {
@@ -786,8 +784,7 @@ END
        close(OUT);
       `ln -s new_${lonCluster}_hosts.tab ../hosts.tab`;
       # email appropriate message
-      system('ping -c 1 -W 5 www.lon-capa.org > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.msu.edu > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.mit.edu > /dev/null');
-      `echo "REPLACE:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date:$line2insert" | mail -s "REPLACE:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org` unless $?;
+      `echo "REPLACE:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date:$line2insert" | mail -s "REPLACE:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org`;
     }
     elsif ($hostidexistflag and $lineexistflag) {
       print &lt;&lt;END;
@@ -839,8 +836,7 @@ END
        close(OUT);
       `ln -s new_${lonCluster}_domain.tab ../domain.tab`;
       # email appropriate message
-      system('ping -c 1 -W 5 www.lon-capa.org > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.msu.edu > /dev/null || ping -c 1 -W 5 www.mit.edu > /dev/null');
-      `echo "REPLACEdom:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date:$domaninsert" | mail -s "REPLACEdom:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org` unless $?;
+      `echo "REPLACEdom:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date:$domaninsert" | mail -s "REPLACEdom:$lonCluster:$lonHostID:$date" installrecord\@mail.lon-capa.org`;
     }
     elsif ($domainexistflag and $lineexistflag) {
       print &lt;&lt;END;