Annotation of loncom/LONCAPA.pm, revision 1.33

1.1       albertel    1: # The LearningOnline Network
                      2: # Base routines
                      3: #
1.33    ! www         4: # $Id: LONCAPA.pm,v 1.32 2011/07/04 09:25:53 foxr 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: 
1.33    ! www       178: $LONCAPA::assess_re = qr{\.(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|library|task)$};
        !           179: $LONCAPA::assess_page_re = qr{\.(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|library|task|page)$};
        !           180: $LONCAPA::assess_page_seq_re = qr{\.(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|library|task|sequence|page)$};
        !           181: $LONCAPA::parse_re = qr{\.(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|library|page|xml|html|htm|xhtml|xhtm)$};
        !           182: $LONCAPA::parse_page_re = qr{\.(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|library|page|xml|html|htm|xhtml|xhtm|page)$};
        !           183: $LONCAPA::parse_page_sty_re = qr{\.(problem|exam|quiz|assess|survey|form|library|page|xml|html|htm|xhtml|xhtm|page|sty)$};
        !           184: 
        !           185: 
1.30      raeburn   186: $match_domain     = $LONCAPA::domain_re     = qr{[[:alnum:]\-.]+};
                    187: $match_not_domain = $LONCAPA::not_domain_re = qr{[^[:alnum:]\-.]+};
1.14      albertel  188: sub clean_domain {
                    189:     my ($domain) = @_;
                    190:     $domain =~ s/$match_not_domain//g;
                    191:     return $domain;
                    192: }
                    193: 
1.24      albertel  194: $match_username     = $LONCAPA::username_re     = qr{\w[\w\-.@]+};
                    195: $match_not_username = $LONCAPA::not_username_re = qr{[^\w\-.@]+};
1.14      albertel  196: sub clean_username {
                    197:     my ($username) = @_;
1.21      albertel  198:     $username =~ s/^\W+//;
1.14      albertel  199:     $username =~ s/$match_not_username//g;
                    200:     return $username;
                    201: }
                    202: 
1.16      albertel  203: 
                    204: $match_courseid     = $LONCAPA::courseid_re     = qr{\d[\w\-.]+};
1.29      raeburn   205: $match_community    =$LONCAPA::community_re     = qr{0[\w\-.]+};
1.16      albertel  206: $match_not_courseid = $LONCAPA::not_courseid_re = qr{[^\w\-.]+};
1.22      albertel  207: sub clean_courseid {
                    208:     my ($courseid) = @_;
                    209:     $courseid =~ s/^\D+//;
                    210:     $courseid =~ s/$match_not_courseid//g;
                    211:     return $courseid;
                    212: }
1.16      albertel  213: 
1.22      albertel  214: $match_name         = $LONCAPA::name_re = qr{$match_username|$match_courseid};
1.16      albertel  215: sub clean_name {
                    216:     my ($name) = @_;
                    217:     $name =~ s/$match_not_username//g;
                    218:     return $name;
                    219: }
                    220: 
1.23      albertel  221: $match_lonid     = $LONCAPA::lonid_re     = qr{[\w\-.]+};
                    222: 
1.16      albertel  223: sub split_courseid {
                    224:     my ($courseid) = @_;
                    225:     my  ($domain,$coursenum) = 
                    226: 	($courseid=~m{^/($match_domain)/($match_courseid)});
                    227:     return ($domain,$coursenum);
                    228: }
                    229: 
1.24      albertel  230: $match_handle     = $LONCAPA::handle_re     = qr{[\w\-.@]+};
                    231: $match_not_handle = $LONCAPA::not_handle_re = qr{[^\w\-.@]+};
1.14      albertel  232: sub clean_handle {
                    233:     my ($handle) = @_;
                    234:     $handle =~ s/$match_not_handle//g;
                    235:     return $handle;
                    236: }
                    237: 
1.31      raeburn   238: #
                    239: # -- Ensure another process for same filesystem action is not running.
                    240: #    lond uses for: apachereload; loncron uses for: lciptables
                    241: #
                    242: 
                    243: sub try_to_lock {
                    244:     my ($lockfile)=@_;
                    245:     my $currentpid;
                    246:     my $lastpid;
                    247:     # Do not manipulate lock file as root
                    248:     if ($>==0) {
                    249:         return 0;
                    250:     }
                    251:     # Try to generate lock file.
                    252:     # Wait 3 seconds.  If same process id is in
                    253:     # lock file, then assume lock file is stale, and
                    254:     # go ahead.  If process id's fluctuate, try
                    255:     # for a maximum of 10 times.
                    256:     for (0..10) {
                    257:         if (-e $lockfile) { 
                    258:             open(LOCK,"<$lockfile");
                    259:             $currentpid=<LOCK>;
                    260:             close LOCK;
                    261:             if ($currentpid==$lastpid) {
                    262:                 last;
                    263:             }
                    264:             sleep 3;
                    265:             $lastpid=$currentpid;
                    266:         } else {
                    267:             last;
                    268:         }
                    269:         if ($_==10) {
                    270:             return 0;
                    271:         }
                    272:     }
                    273:     open(LOCK,">$lockfile");
                    274:     print LOCK $$;
                    275:     close LOCK;
                    276:     return 1;
                    277: }
                    278: 
1.2       www       279: # -------------------------------------------- Return path to profile directory
                    280: 
                    281: sub propath {
                    282:     my ($udom,$uname)=@_;
1.14      albertel  283:     $udom = &clean_domain($udom);
1.16      albertel  284:     $uname= &clean_name($uname);
1.2       www       285:     my $subdir=$uname.'__';
                    286:     $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
                    287:     my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname";
                    288:     return $proname;
1.29      raeburn   289: }
1.2       www       290: 
                    291: sub tie_domain_hash {
                    292:     my ($domain,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$logtail) = @_;
                    293:     
                    294:     # Filter out any whitespace in the domain name:
                    295:     
1.14      albertel  296:     $domain = &clean_domain($domain);
1.2       www       297:     
                    298:     # We have enough to go on to tie the hash:
                    299:     
                    300:     my $user_top_dir   = $perlvar{'lonUsersDir'};
                    301:     my $domain_dir     = $user_top_dir."/$domain";
                    302:     my $resource_file  = $domain_dir."/$namespace";
                    303:     return &_locking_hash_tie($resource_file,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$logtail);
                    304: }
                    305: 
                    306: sub untie_domain_hash {
                    307:     return &_locking_hash_untie(@_);
                    308: }
1.25      jms       309: 
                    310: 
1.2       www       311: sub tie_user_hash {
                    312:     my ($domain,$user,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
                    313: 
1.15      albertel  314:     $namespace=~s{/}{_}g;	# / -> _
                    315:     $namespace     = &clean_username($namespace);
                    316:     my $proname    = &propath($domain, $user);
1.2       www       317:     my $file_prefix="$proname/$namespace";
                    318:     return &_locking_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what);
                    319: }
                    320: 
                    321: sub untie_user_hash {
                    322:     return &_locking_hash_untie(@_);
                    323: }
                    324: 
1.6       www       325: 
                    326: sub locking_hash_tie {
                    327:     my ($filename,$how)=@_;
                    328:     my ($file_prefix,$namespace)=&db_filename_parts($filename);
1.7       albertel  329:     if ($namespace eq '') { return undef; }
1.6       www       330:     return &_locking_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how);
                    331: }
                    332: 
                    333: sub locking_hash_untie {
                    334:     return &_locking_hash_untie(@_);
                    335: }
                    336: 
                    337: sub db_filename_parts {
                    338:     my ($filename)=@_;
                    339:     my ($file_path,$namespace)=($filename=~/^(.*)\/([^\/]+)\.db$/);
1.7       albertel  340:     if ($namespace eq '') { return undef; }
1.6       www       341:     return ($file_path.'/'.$namespace,$namespace);
                    342: }
                    343: 
1.2       www       344: # internal routines that handle the actual tieing and untieing process
                    345: 
                    346: sub _do_hash_tie {
                    347:     my ($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
                    348:     my %hash;
                    349:     if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', "$file_prefix.db", $how, 0640)) {
                    350: 	# If this is a namespace for which a history is kept,
                    351: 	# make the history log entry:    
                    352: 	if (($namespace !~/^nohist\_/) && (defined($loghead))) {
                    353: 	    my $hfh = IO::File->new(">>$file_prefix.hist"); 
                    354: 	    if($hfh) {
1.5       albertel  355: 		my $now = time();
                    356: 		print $hfh ("$loghead:$now:$what\n");
1.2       www       357: 	    }
                    358: 	    $hfh->close;
                    359: 	}
                    360: 	return \%hash;
                    361:     } else {
                    362: 	return undef;
                    363:     }
                    364: }
                    365: 
                    366: sub _do_hash_untie {
                    367:     my ($hashref) = @_;
                    368:     my $result = untie(%$hashref);
                    369:     return $result;
                    370: }
                    371: 
                    372: {
                    373:     my $sym;
1.10      albertel  374:     my @pushed_syms;
1.11      albertel  375: 
                    376:     sub clean_sym {
                    377: 	undef($sym);
                    378:     }
1.10      albertel  379:     sub push_locking_hash_tie {
                    380: 	if (!defined($sym)) {
                    381: 	    die("Invalid used of push_locking_hash_tie, should only be called after a lock has occurred and before and unlock.");
                    382: 	}
                    383: 	push(@pushed_syms,$sym);
                    384: 	undef($sym);
                    385:     }
                    386: 
                    387:     sub pop_locking_hash_tie {
                    388: 	if (defined($sym)) {
                    389: 	    die("Invalid nested used of pop_locking_hash_tie, should only be called after a unlock has occurred.");
                    390: 	}
                    391: 	$sym = pop(@pushed_syms);
                    392:     }
1.2       www       393: 
                    394:     sub _locking_hash_tie {
                    395: 	my ($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
1.9       albertel  396: 	if (defined($sym)) {
1.11      albertel  397: 	    die('Nested locking attempted without proper use of push_locking_hash_tie, this is unsupported');
1.9       albertel  398: 	}
                    399: 
1.2       www       400:         my $lock_type=LOCK_SH;
                    401: # Are we reading or writing?
                    402:         if ($how eq &GDBM_READER()) {
                    403: # We are reading
                    404:            if (!open($sym,"$file_prefix.db.lock")) {
                    405: # We don't have a lock file. This could mean
                    406: # - that there is no such db-file
                    407: # - that it does not have a lock file yet
                    408:                if ((! -e "$file_prefix.db") && (! -e "$file_prefix.db.gz")) {
                    409: # No such file. Forget it.                
                    410:                    $! = 2;
1.11      albertel  411: 		   &clean_sym();
1.2       www       412:                    return undef;
                    413:                }
                    414: # Apparently just no lock file yet. Make one
                    415:                open($sym,">>$file_prefix.db.lock");
                    416:            }
                    417: # Do a shared lock
1.9       albertel  418:            if (!&flock_sym(LOCK_SH)) { 
1.11      albertel  419: 	       &clean_sym();
1.9       albertel  420: 	       return undef; 
                    421: 	   } 
1.2       www       422: # If this is compressed, we will actually need an exclusive lock
                    423: 	   if (-e "$file_prefix.db.gz") {
1.9       albertel  424: 	       if (!&flock_sym(LOCK_EX)) {
1.11      albertel  425: 		   &clean_sym();
1.9       albertel  426: 		   return undef;
                    427: 	       }
1.2       www       428: 	   }
                    429:         } elsif ($how eq &GDBM_WRCREAT()) {
                    430: # We are writing
                    431:            open($sym,">>$file_prefix.db.lock");
                    432: # Writing needs exclusive lock
1.9       albertel  433:            if (!&flock_sym(LOCK_EX)) {
1.11      albertel  434: 	       &clean_sym();
1.9       albertel  435: 	       return undef;
                    436: 	   }
1.2       www       437:         } else {
1.5       albertel  438:            die("Unknown method $how for $file_prefix");
1.2       www       439:         }
                    440: # The file is ours!
                    441: # If it is archived, un-archive it now
                    442:        if (-e "$file_prefix.db.gz") {
                    443:            system("gunzip $file_prefix.db.gz");
                    444: 	   if (-e "$file_prefix.hist.gz") {
                    445: 	       system("gunzip $file_prefix.hist.gz");
                    446: 	   }
                    447:        }
                    448: # Change access mode to non-blocking
                    449:        $how=$how|&GDBM_NOLOCK();
                    450: # Go ahead and tie the hash
1.13      albertel  451:       	my $result = 
                    452: 	    &_do_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what);
                    453: 	if (!$result) {
                    454: 	    &clean_sym();
                    455: 	}
                    456: 	return $result;
1.2       www       457:     }
                    458: 
                    459:     sub flock_sym {
                    460:         my ($lock_type)=@_;
                    461: 	my $failed=0;
                    462: 	eval {
                    463: 	    local $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
                    464: 	    local $SIG{ALRM}=sub {
                    465: 		$failed=1;
                    466: 		die("failed lock");
                    467: 	    };
                    468: 	    alarm($loncapa_max_wait_time);
                    469: 	    flock($sym,$lock_type);
                    470: 	    alarm(0);
                    471: 	};
                    472: 	if ($failed) {
                    473: 	    $! = 100; # throwing error # 100
                    474: 	    return undef;
                    475: 	} else {
                    476: 	    return 1;
                    477: 	}
                    478:     }
                    479: 
                    480:     sub _locking_hash_untie {
                    481: 	my ($hashref) = @_;
                    482: 	my $result = untie(%$hashref);
                    483: 	flock($sym,LOCK_UN);
                    484: 	close($sym);
1.11      albertel  485: 	&clean_sym();
1.2       www       486: 	return $result;
                    487:     }
                    488: }
                    489: 
1.32      foxr      490: 
1.2       www       491: BEGIN {
1.4       albertel  492:     %perlvar=%{&LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf')};
1.2       www       493: }
                    494: 
1.1       albertel  495: 1;
                    496: 
                    497: __END__
                    498: 
1.28      raeburn   499: =pod
1.1       albertel  500: 
1.27      jms       501: =head1 NAME
                    502: 
                    503: Apache::LONCAPA
                    504: 
                    505: LONCAPA - Basic routines
                    506: 
                    507: =head1 SYNOPSIS
                    508: 
                    509: Generally useful routines
                    510: 
                    511: =head1 EXPORTED SUBROUTINES
                    512: 
                    513: =over
                    514: 
                    515: =item escape()
                    516: 
                    517: unpack non-word characters into CGI-compatible hex codes
                    518: 
                    519: =item unescape()
                    520: 
                    521:  pack CGI-compatible hex codes into actual non-word ASCII character
                    522: 
                    523: =item  add_get_param()
1.28      raeburn   524: 
                    525: Append escaped form elements (name=value etc.) to a url.
1.27      jms       526:  
                    527:  Inputs:  url (with or without exit GET from parameters), hash ref of
                    528:               form name => value pairs
                    529: 
1.28      raeburn   530:  Return: url with form name elements and values appended to the 
                    531:          the url, doing proper escaping of the values and joining with ? or &
1.27      jms       532:          as needed
                    533: 
                    534: =item clean_handle()
                    535: 
                    536: =item propath()
                    537: 
                    538: =item untie_domain_hash()
                    539: 
                    540: =item tie_domain_hash()
                    541: 
                    542: Manipulation of hash based databases (factoring out common code
                    543: for later use as we refactor.
                    544: 
                    545:  Ties a domain level resource file to a hash.
                    546:  If requested a history entry is created in the associated hist file.
                    547: 
                    548:  Parameters:
                    549:     domain    - Name of the domain in which the resource file lives.
                    550:     namespace - Name of the hash within that domain.
                    551:     how       - How to tie the hash (e.g. GDBM_WRCREAT()).
                    552:     loghead   - Optional parameter, if present a log entry is created
                    553:                 in the associated history file and this is the first part
                    554:                  of that entry.
                    555:     logtail   - Goes along with loghead,  The actual logentry is of the
                    556:                 form $loghead:<timestamp>:logtail.
                    557: Returns:
                    558:    Reference to a hash bound to the db file or alternatively undef
                    559:    if the tie failed.
                    560: 
                    561: =item tie_user_hash()
                    562: 
                    563:   Ties a user's resource file to a hash.  
                    564:   If necessary, an appropriate history
                    565:   log file entry is made as well.
                    566:   This sub factors out common code from the subs that manipulate
                    567:   the various gdbm files that keep keyword value pairs.
                    568: Parameters:
                    569:   domain       - Name of the domain the user is in.
                    570:   user         - Name of the 'current user'.
                    571:   namespace    - Namespace representing the file to tie.
                    572:   how          - What the tie is done to (e.g. GDBM_WRCREAT().
                    573:   loghead      - Optional first part of log entry if there may be a
                    574:                  history file.
                    575:   what         - Optional tail of log entry if there may be a history
                    576:                  file.
                    577: Returns:
                    578:   hash to which the database is tied.  It's up to the caller to untie.
                    579:   undef if the has could not be tied.
                    580: 
1.32      foxr      581: =item tie_course
                    582: 
                    583: Caches the course database into the temp directory in the context of a specific
                    584: user and ties it to a hash.
                    585: Parameters:
                    586:    domain    - Domain the user is in.
                    587:    user      - Username of the user.
                    588:    course    - Course specification
                    589:    cdom      - The course domain.
                    590:    hash      - Reference to the hash to tie.
                    591: 
                    592: Returns:
                    593:     1        - Success
                    594:     0        - Failure.
                    595: 
                    596: =item tie_course_params
                    597: 
                    598: Caches the course parameter database into the temp directory in the context
                    599: of a specific user and ties it to a hash.
                    600: Parameters:
                    601:    domain   - Domain the user is in.
                    602:    user     - Username of the user.
                    603:    course   - course specification.
                    604:    cdom     - The course domain.
                    605:    hash     - reference to the hash to tie.
                    606: 
                    607: Returns:
                    608:    1        - Success.
                    609:    0        - Failure./
                    610: 
                    611: 
1.27      jms       612: =item locking_hash_tie()
                    613: 
                    614: routines if you just have a filename return tied hashref or undef
                    615: 
                    616: =item locking_hash_untie()
                    617: 
                    618: =item db_filename_parts()
                    619: 
1.32      foxr      620: =back
                    621: 
                    622: =item tempdir()
                    623: 
                    624: Returns the file system path to the place loncapa temporary files should be placed/found.
                    625: 
                    626: 
1.27      jms       627: =head1 INTERNAL SUBROUTINES
                    628: 
1.32      foxr      629: =over 
                    630: 
1.27      jms       631: =item _do_hash_tie()
                    632: 
                    633: =item _do_hash_untie()
                    634: 
                    635: =back
                    636: 
                    637: =cut
                    638: 

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