Annotation of loncom/LONCAPA.pm, revision 1.32

1.1       albertel    1: # The LearningOnline Network
                      2: # Base routines
                      3: #
1.32    ! foxr        4: # $Id: LONCAPA.pm,v 1.31 2011/05/14 16:12:53 raeburn Exp $
1.1       albertel    5: #
                      6: # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
                      7: #
                      8: # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
                      9: #
                     10: # LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
                     11: # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
                     12: # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
                     13: # (at your option) any later version.
                     14: #
                     15: # LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
                     16: # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
                     17: # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
                     18: # GNU General Public License for more details.
                     19: #
                     20: # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
                     21: # along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
                     22: # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
                     23: #
                     24: # /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
                     25: #
                     26: # http://www.lon-capa.org/
                     27: #
                     28: ###
                     29: 
1.25      jms        30: 
                     31: 
1.1       albertel   32: package LONCAPA;
                     33: 
                     34: use strict;
1.2       www        35: use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/';
                     36: use LONCAPA::Configuration;
                     37: use Fcntl qw(:flock);
                     38: use GDBM_File;
                     39: use POSIX;
1.32    ! foxr       40: #use Apache::lonnet;
1.2       www        41: 
                     42: my $loncapa_max_wait_time = 13;
                     43: 
1.14      albertel   44: 
1.32    ! foxr       45: #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !            46: #
        !            47: #   The  constant definnitions below probably should really be in 
        !            48: #   a configuration file somewhere (loncapa.conf?) and loaded so that they can be 
        !            49: #   modified without requring source code changes:
        !            50: #
        !            51: #   COURSE_CACHE_TIME - Number of minutes after which an unaccessed
        !            52: #                       course.db or course_param.db file is considered
        !            53: #                       to be a stale cache of this info.
        !            54: #
        !            55: #   LONCAPA_TEMPDIR   - Place loncapa puts temporary files
        !            56: #
        !            57: 
        !            58: my  $COURSE_CACHE_TIME =  60;	# minutes course cache file is considered valid. 
        !            59: my  $LONCAPA_TEMPDIR   =  '/tmp/'; # relative to configuration{'lonTabDir'}.
        !            60: 
1.14      albertel   61: use vars qw($match_domain   $match_not_domain
                     62: 	    $match_username $match_not_username
1.16      albertel   63: 	    $match_courseid $match_not_courseid
1.29      raeburn    64:             $match_community
1.16      albertel   65: 	    $match_name
1.23      albertel   66:             $match_lonid
1.14      albertel   67: 	    $match_handle   $match_not_handle);
                     68: 
1.1       albertel   69: require Exporter;
                     70: our @ISA = qw (Exporter);
1.14      albertel   71: our @EXPORT = qw(&add_get_param    &escape            &unescape       
                     72: 		 &tie_domain_hash  &untie_domain_hash &tie_user_hash
1.32    ! foxr       73: 		 &untie_user_hash  &propath &tie_course);
1.14      albertel   74: our @EXPORT_OK = qw($match_domain   $match_not_domain
                     75: 		    $match_username $match_not_username
1.16      albertel   76: 		    $match_courseid $match_not_courseid
1.29      raeburn    77:                     $match_community
1.16      albertel   78: 		    $match_name
1.23      albertel   79: 		    $match_lonid
1.32    ! foxr       80: 		    $match_handle   $match_not_handle &tie_course);
1.14      albertel   81: our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'match' =>[qw($match_domain   $match_not_domain
                     82: 				   $match_username $match_not_username
1.16      albertel   83: 				   $match_courseid $match_not_courseid
1.29      raeburn    84:                                    $match_community
1.16      albertel   85: 				   $match_name
1.23      albertel   86: 				   $match_lonid
1.14      albertel   87: 				   $match_handle   $match_not_handle)],);
1.2       www        88: my %perlvar;
1.1       albertel   89: 
1.8       foxr       90: 
1.32    ! foxr       91: #
        !            92: # If necessary fetch and tie a user's image of the course hash 
        !            93: # to the specified hash
        !            94: # Parameters:
        !            95: #   domain   - User's domain
        !            96: #   user     - Name of user.
        !            97: #   course   - Course number.
        !            98: #   cdom     - Domain that is home to the course
        !            99: #   hash     - reference to the has to tie.
        !           100: #
        !           101: # Side effects:
        !           102: #   a gdbm file and it's associated lock file will be created in the 
        !           103: #   tmp directory tree.
        !           104: #
        !           105: # Returns:
        !           106: #   0 - failure.
        !           107: #   1 - success.
        !           108: #
        !           109: #  Note:
        !           110: #     It's possible the required user's db file is already present in the tempdir.
        !           111: #     in that case a decision must be made about whether or not to just tie to it
        !           112: #     or to fetch it again. Remember this sub could be called in the context of a user
        !           113: #     other than the one whose data are being fetched.  We don't know if that user already
        !           114: #     has a live session on this server.  What we'll do is only re-fetch if the hash atime.
        !           115: #     is older than COURSE_CACHE_TIME...that is if it's been accessed relatively recently
        !           116: #     where COURSE_CACHE_TIME defines the caching time.
        !           117: #
        !           118: #     The database files this function creates are of the form:
        !           119: #     $user@$domain_$course@$cdom.{db,lock}
        !           120: #     This differs from the prior filenames.  Therefore if a module does its own
        !           121: #     caching (That's a coding no-no) and does not use this centralized sub,
        !           122: #     multiple cache files for the same course/user will be created. 
        !           123: #  
        !           124: sub tie_course {
        !           125:     my ($domain, $user, $course, $cdom, $hash) = @_;
        !           126: 
        !           127:     #
        !           128:     #  See if we need to re-fetch the course data
        !           129:     #
        !           130: 
        !           131:     
        !           132: }
        !           133: 
        !           134: # Return a string that is the path in which loncapa puts temp files:
        !           135: 
        !           136: sub tempdir {
        !           137:     my $result =  $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.$LONCAPA_TEMPDIR; # to allow debugging.
        !           138:     return $result;
        !           139: }
        !           140: 
        !           141: 
        !           142: #----------------------------------------------------------------------
        !           143: #
        !           144: #  some of these subs need a bit of documentation
        !           145: 
1.1       albertel  146: sub add_get_param {
                    147:     my ($url,$form_data) = @_;
                    148:     my $needs_question_mark = ($url !~ /\?/);
                    149: 
                    150:     while (my ($name,$value) = each(%$form_data)) {
                    151: 	if ($needs_question_mark) {
                    152: 	    $url.='?';
                    153: 	    $needs_question_mark = 0;
                    154: 	} else { 
                    155: 	    $url.='&';
                    156: 	}
                    157: 	$url.=$name.'='.&escape($form_data->{$name});
                    158:     }
                    159:     return $url;
                    160: }
                    161: 
                    162: # -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
                    163: 
                    164: sub escape {
                    165:     my $str=shift;
                    166:     $str =~ s/(\W)/"%".unpack('H2',$1)/eg;
                    167:     return $str;
                    168: }
                    169: 
                    170: # ----------------------------------------------------- Un-Escape Special Chars
                    171: 
                    172: sub unescape {
                    173:     my $str=shift;
                    174:     $str =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
                    175:     return $str;
                    176: }
                    177: 
1.30      raeburn   178: $match_domain     = $LONCAPA::domain_re     = qr{[[:alnum:]\-.]+};
                    179: $match_not_domain = $LONCAPA::not_domain_re = qr{[^[:alnum:]\-.]+};
1.14      albertel  180: sub clean_domain {
                    181:     my ($domain) = @_;
                    182:     $domain =~ s/$match_not_domain//g;
                    183:     return $domain;
                    184: }
                    185: 
1.24      albertel  186: $match_username     = $LONCAPA::username_re     = qr{\w[\w\-.@]+};
                    187: $match_not_username = $LONCAPA::not_username_re = qr{[^\w\-.@]+};
1.14      albertel  188: sub clean_username {
                    189:     my ($username) = @_;
1.21      albertel  190:     $username =~ s/^\W+//;
1.14      albertel  191:     $username =~ s/$match_not_username//g;
                    192:     return $username;
                    193: }
                    194: 
1.16      albertel  195: 
                    196: $match_courseid     = $LONCAPA::courseid_re     = qr{\d[\w\-.]+};
1.29      raeburn   197: $match_community    =$LONCAPA::community_re     = qr{0[\w\-.]+};
1.16      albertel  198: $match_not_courseid = $LONCAPA::not_courseid_re = qr{[^\w\-.]+};
1.22      albertel  199: sub clean_courseid {
                    200:     my ($courseid) = @_;
                    201:     $courseid =~ s/^\D+//;
                    202:     $courseid =~ s/$match_not_courseid//g;
                    203:     return $courseid;
                    204: }
1.16      albertel  205: 
1.22      albertel  206: $match_name         = $LONCAPA::name_re = qr{$match_username|$match_courseid};
1.16      albertel  207: sub clean_name {
                    208:     my ($name) = @_;
                    209:     $name =~ s/$match_not_username//g;
                    210:     return $name;
                    211: }
                    212: 
1.23      albertel  213: $match_lonid     = $LONCAPA::lonid_re     = qr{[\w\-.]+};
                    214: 
1.16      albertel  215: sub split_courseid {
                    216:     my ($courseid) = @_;
                    217:     my  ($domain,$coursenum) = 
                    218: 	($courseid=~m{^/($match_domain)/($match_courseid)});
                    219:     return ($domain,$coursenum);
                    220: }
                    221: 
1.24      albertel  222: $match_handle     = $LONCAPA::handle_re     = qr{[\w\-.@]+};
                    223: $match_not_handle = $LONCAPA::not_handle_re = qr{[^\w\-.@]+};
1.14      albertel  224: sub clean_handle {
                    225:     my ($handle) = @_;
                    226:     $handle =~ s/$match_not_handle//g;
                    227:     return $handle;
                    228: }
                    229: 
1.31      raeburn   230: #
                    231: # -- Ensure another process for same filesystem action is not running.
                    232: #    lond uses for: apachereload; loncron uses for: lciptables
                    233: #
                    234: 
                    235: sub try_to_lock {
                    236:     my ($lockfile)=@_;
                    237:     my $currentpid;
                    238:     my $lastpid;
                    239:     # Do not manipulate lock file as root
                    240:     if ($>==0) {
                    241:         return 0;
                    242:     }
                    243:     # Try to generate lock file.
                    244:     # Wait 3 seconds.  If same process id is in
                    245:     # lock file, then assume lock file is stale, and
                    246:     # go ahead.  If process id's fluctuate, try
                    247:     # for a maximum of 10 times.
                    248:     for (0..10) {
                    249:         if (-e $lockfile) { 
                    250:             open(LOCK,"<$lockfile");
                    251:             $currentpid=<LOCK>;
                    252:             close LOCK;
                    253:             if ($currentpid==$lastpid) {
                    254:                 last;
                    255:             }
                    256:             sleep 3;
                    257:             $lastpid=$currentpid;
                    258:         } else {
                    259:             last;
                    260:         }
                    261:         if ($_==10) {
                    262:             return 0;
                    263:         }
                    264:     }
                    265:     open(LOCK,">$lockfile");
                    266:     print LOCK $$;
                    267:     close LOCK;
                    268:     return 1;
                    269: }
                    270: 
1.2       www       271: # -------------------------------------------- Return path to profile directory
                    272: 
                    273: sub propath {
                    274:     my ($udom,$uname)=@_;
1.14      albertel  275:     $udom = &clean_domain($udom);
1.16      albertel  276:     $uname= &clean_name($uname);
1.2       www       277:     my $subdir=$uname.'__';
                    278:     $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
                    279:     my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname";
                    280:     return $proname;
1.29      raeburn   281: }
1.2       www       282: 
                    283: sub tie_domain_hash {
                    284:     my ($domain,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$logtail) = @_;
                    285:     
                    286:     # Filter out any whitespace in the domain name:
                    287:     
1.14      albertel  288:     $domain = &clean_domain($domain);
1.2       www       289:     
                    290:     # We have enough to go on to tie the hash:
                    291:     
                    292:     my $user_top_dir   = $perlvar{'lonUsersDir'};
                    293:     my $domain_dir     = $user_top_dir."/$domain";
                    294:     my $resource_file  = $domain_dir."/$namespace";
                    295:     return &_locking_hash_tie($resource_file,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$logtail);
                    296: }
                    297: 
                    298: sub untie_domain_hash {
                    299:     return &_locking_hash_untie(@_);
                    300: }
1.25      jms       301: 
                    302: 
1.2       www       303: sub tie_user_hash {
                    304:     my ($domain,$user,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
                    305: 
1.15      albertel  306:     $namespace=~s{/}{_}g;	# / -> _
                    307:     $namespace     = &clean_username($namespace);
                    308:     my $proname    = &propath($domain, $user);
1.2       www       309:     my $file_prefix="$proname/$namespace";
                    310:     return &_locking_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what);
                    311: }
                    312: 
                    313: sub untie_user_hash {
                    314:     return &_locking_hash_untie(@_);
                    315: }
                    316: 
1.6       www       317: 
                    318: sub locking_hash_tie {
                    319:     my ($filename,$how)=@_;
                    320:     my ($file_prefix,$namespace)=&db_filename_parts($filename);
1.7       albertel  321:     if ($namespace eq '') { return undef; }
1.6       www       322:     return &_locking_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how);
                    323: }
                    324: 
                    325: sub locking_hash_untie {
                    326:     return &_locking_hash_untie(@_);
                    327: }
                    328: 
                    329: sub db_filename_parts {
                    330:     my ($filename)=@_;
                    331:     my ($file_path,$namespace)=($filename=~/^(.*)\/([^\/]+)\.db$/);
1.7       albertel  332:     if ($namespace eq '') { return undef; }
1.6       www       333:     return ($file_path.'/'.$namespace,$namespace);
                    334: }
                    335: 
1.2       www       336: # internal routines that handle the actual tieing and untieing process
                    337: 
                    338: sub _do_hash_tie {
                    339:     my ($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
                    340:     my %hash;
                    341:     if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', "$file_prefix.db", $how, 0640)) {
                    342: 	# If this is a namespace for which a history is kept,
                    343: 	# make the history log entry:    
                    344: 	if (($namespace !~/^nohist\_/) && (defined($loghead))) {
                    345: 	    my $hfh = IO::File->new(">>$file_prefix.hist"); 
                    346: 	    if($hfh) {
1.5       albertel  347: 		my $now = time();
                    348: 		print $hfh ("$loghead:$now:$what\n");
1.2       www       349: 	    }
                    350: 	    $hfh->close;
                    351: 	}
                    352: 	return \%hash;
                    353:     } else {
                    354: 	return undef;
                    355:     }
                    356: }
                    357: 
                    358: sub _do_hash_untie {
                    359:     my ($hashref) = @_;
                    360:     my $result = untie(%$hashref);
                    361:     return $result;
                    362: }
                    363: 
                    364: {
                    365:     my $sym;
1.10      albertel  366:     my @pushed_syms;
1.11      albertel  367: 
                    368:     sub clean_sym {
                    369: 	undef($sym);
                    370:     }
1.10      albertel  371:     sub push_locking_hash_tie {
                    372: 	if (!defined($sym)) {
                    373: 	    die("Invalid used of push_locking_hash_tie, should only be called after a lock has occurred and before and unlock.");
                    374: 	}
                    375: 	push(@pushed_syms,$sym);
                    376: 	undef($sym);
                    377:     }
                    378: 
                    379:     sub pop_locking_hash_tie {
                    380: 	if (defined($sym)) {
                    381: 	    die("Invalid nested used of pop_locking_hash_tie, should only be called after a unlock has occurred.");
                    382: 	}
                    383: 	$sym = pop(@pushed_syms);
                    384:     }
1.2       www       385: 
                    386:     sub _locking_hash_tie {
                    387: 	my ($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
1.9       albertel  388: 	if (defined($sym)) {
1.11      albertel  389: 	    die('Nested locking attempted without proper use of push_locking_hash_tie, this is unsupported');
1.9       albertel  390: 	}
                    391: 
1.2       www       392:         my $lock_type=LOCK_SH;
                    393: # Are we reading or writing?
                    394:         if ($how eq &GDBM_READER()) {
                    395: # We are reading
                    396:            if (!open($sym,"$file_prefix.db.lock")) {
                    397: # We don't have a lock file. This could mean
                    398: # - that there is no such db-file
                    399: # - that it does not have a lock file yet
                    400:                if ((! -e "$file_prefix.db") && (! -e "$file_prefix.db.gz")) {
                    401: # No such file. Forget it.                
                    402:                    $! = 2;
1.11      albertel  403: 		   &clean_sym();
1.2       www       404:                    return undef;
                    405:                }
                    406: # Apparently just no lock file yet. Make one
                    407:                open($sym,">>$file_prefix.db.lock");
                    408:            }
                    409: # Do a shared lock
1.9       albertel  410:            if (!&flock_sym(LOCK_SH)) { 
1.11      albertel  411: 	       &clean_sym();
1.9       albertel  412: 	       return undef; 
                    413: 	   } 
1.2       www       414: # If this is compressed, we will actually need an exclusive lock
                    415: 	   if (-e "$file_prefix.db.gz") {
1.9       albertel  416: 	       if (!&flock_sym(LOCK_EX)) {
1.11      albertel  417: 		   &clean_sym();
1.9       albertel  418: 		   return undef;
                    419: 	       }
1.2       www       420: 	   }
                    421:         } elsif ($how eq &GDBM_WRCREAT()) {
                    422: # We are writing
                    423:            open($sym,">>$file_prefix.db.lock");
                    424: # Writing needs exclusive lock
1.9       albertel  425:            if (!&flock_sym(LOCK_EX)) {
1.11      albertel  426: 	       &clean_sym();
1.9       albertel  427: 	       return undef;
                    428: 	   }
1.2       www       429:         } else {
1.5       albertel  430:            die("Unknown method $how for $file_prefix");
1.2       www       431:         }
                    432: # The file is ours!
                    433: # If it is archived, un-archive it now
                    434:        if (-e "$file_prefix.db.gz") {
                    435:            system("gunzip $file_prefix.db.gz");
                    436: 	   if (-e "$file_prefix.hist.gz") {
                    437: 	       system("gunzip $file_prefix.hist.gz");
                    438: 	   }
                    439:        }
                    440: # Change access mode to non-blocking
                    441:        $how=$how|&GDBM_NOLOCK();
                    442: # Go ahead and tie the hash
1.13      albertel  443:       	my $result = 
                    444: 	    &_do_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what);
                    445: 	if (!$result) {
                    446: 	    &clean_sym();
                    447: 	}
                    448: 	return $result;
1.2       www       449:     }
                    450: 
                    451:     sub flock_sym {
                    452:         my ($lock_type)=@_;
                    453: 	my $failed=0;
                    454: 	eval {
                    455: 	    local $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
                    456: 	    local $SIG{ALRM}=sub {
                    457: 		$failed=1;
                    458: 		die("failed lock");
                    459: 	    };
                    460: 	    alarm($loncapa_max_wait_time);
                    461: 	    flock($sym,$lock_type);
                    462: 	    alarm(0);
                    463: 	};
                    464: 	if ($failed) {
                    465: 	    $! = 100; # throwing error # 100
                    466: 	    return undef;
                    467: 	} else {
                    468: 	    return 1;
                    469: 	}
                    470:     }
                    471: 
                    472:     sub _locking_hash_untie {
                    473: 	my ($hashref) = @_;
                    474: 	my $result = untie(%$hashref);
                    475: 	flock($sym,LOCK_UN);
                    476: 	close($sym);
1.11      albertel  477: 	&clean_sym();
1.2       www       478: 	return $result;
                    479:     }
                    480: }
                    481: 
1.32    ! foxr      482: 
1.2       www       483: BEGIN {
1.4       albertel  484:     %perlvar=%{&LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf')};
1.2       www       485: }
                    486: 
1.1       albertel  487: 1;
                    488: 
                    489: __END__
                    490: 
1.28      raeburn   491: =pod
1.1       albertel  492: 
1.27      jms       493: =head1 NAME
                    494: 
                    495: Apache::LONCAPA
                    496: 
                    497: LONCAPA - Basic routines
                    498: 
                    499: =head1 SYNOPSIS
                    500: 
                    501: Generally useful routines
                    502: 
                    503: =head1 EXPORTED SUBROUTINES
                    504: 
                    505: =over
                    506: 
                    507: =item escape()
                    508: 
                    509: unpack non-word characters into CGI-compatible hex codes
                    510: 
                    511: =item unescape()
                    512: 
                    513:  pack CGI-compatible hex codes into actual non-word ASCII character
                    514: 
                    515: =item  add_get_param()
1.28      raeburn   516: 
                    517: Append escaped form elements (name=value etc.) to a url.
1.27      jms       518:  
                    519:  Inputs:  url (with or without exit GET from parameters), hash ref of
                    520:               form name => value pairs
                    521: 
1.28      raeburn   522:  Return: url with form name elements and values appended to the 
                    523:          the url, doing proper escaping of the values and joining with ? or &
1.27      jms       524:          as needed
                    525: 
                    526: =item clean_handle()
                    527: 
                    528: =item propath()
                    529: 
                    530: =item untie_domain_hash()
                    531: 
                    532: =item tie_domain_hash()
                    533: 
                    534: Manipulation of hash based databases (factoring out common code
                    535: for later use as we refactor.
                    536: 
                    537:  Ties a domain level resource file to a hash.
                    538:  If requested a history entry is created in the associated hist file.
                    539: 
                    540:  Parameters:
                    541:     domain    - Name of the domain in which the resource file lives.
                    542:     namespace - Name of the hash within that domain.
                    543:     how       - How to tie the hash (e.g. GDBM_WRCREAT()).
                    544:     loghead   - Optional parameter, if present a log entry is created
                    545:                 in the associated history file and this is the first part
                    546:                  of that entry.
                    547:     logtail   - Goes along with loghead,  The actual logentry is of the
                    548:                 form $loghead:<timestamp>:logtail.
                    549: Returns:
                    550:    Reference to a hash bound to the db file or alternatively undef
                    551:    if the tie failed.
                    552: 
                    553: =item tie_user_hash()
                    554: 
                    555:   Ties a user's resource file to a hash.  
                    556:   If necessary, an appropriate history
                    557:   log file entry is made as well.
                    558:   This sub factors out common code from the subs that manipulate
                    559:   the various gdbm files that keep keyword value pairs.
                    560: Parameters:
                    561:   domain       - Name of the domain the user is in.
                    562:   user         - Name of the 'current user'.
                    563:   namespace    - Namespace representing the file to tie.
                    564:   how          - What the tie is done to (e.g. GDBM_WRCREAT().
                    565:   loghead      - Optional first part of log entry if there may be a
                    566:                  history file.
                    567:   what         - Optional tail of log entry if there may be a history
                    568:                  file.
                    569: Returns:
                    570:   hash to which the database is tied.  It's up to the caller to untie.
                    571:   undef if the has could not be tied.
                    572: 
1.32    ! foxr      573: =item tie_course
        !           574: 
        !           575: Caches the course database into the temp directory in the context of a specific
        !           576: user and ties it to a hash.
        !           577: Parameters:
        !           578:    domain    - Domain the user is in.
        !           579:    user      - Username of the user.
        !           580:    course    - Course specification
        !           581:    cdom      - The course domain.
        !           582:    hash      - Reference to the hash to tie.
        !           583: 
        !           584: Returns:
        !           585:     1        - Success
        !           586:     0        - Failure.
        !           587: 
        !           588: =item tie_course_params
        !           589: 
        !           590: Caches the course parameter database into the temp directory in the context
        !           591: of a specific user and ties it to a hash.
        !           592: Parameters:
        !           593:    domain   - Domain the user is in.
        !           594:    user     - Username of the user.
        !           595:    course   - course specification.
        !           596:    cdom     - The course domain.
        !           597:    hash     - reference to the hash to tie.
        !           598: 
        !           599: Returns:
        !           600:    1        - Success.
        !           601:    0        - Failure./
        !           602: 
        !           603: 
1.27      jms       604: =item locking_hash_tie()
                    605: 
                    606: routines if you just have a filename return tied hashref or undef
                    607: 
                    608: =item locking_hash_untie()
                    609: 
                    610: =item db_filename_parts()
                    611: 
1.32    ! foxr      612: =back
        !           613: 
        !           614: =item tempdir()
        !           615: 
        !           616: Returns the file system path to the place loncapa temporary files should be placed/found.
        !           617: 
        !           618: 
1.27      jms       619: =head1 INTERNAL SUBROUTINES
                    620: 
1.32    ! foxr      621: =over 
        !           622: 
1.27      jms       623: =item _do_hash_tie()
                    624: 
                    625: =item _do_hash_untie()
                    626: 
                    627: =back
                    628: 
                    629: =cut
                    630: 

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