--- loncom/LondConnection.pm	2003/12/08 20:32:17	1.19
+++ loncom/LondConnection.pm	2003/12/22 11:03:17	1.21
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #   This module defines and implements a class that represents
 #   a connection to a lond daemon.
 #
-# $Id: LondConnection.pm,v 1.19 2003/12/08 20:32:17 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: LondConnection.pm,v 1.21 2003/12/22 11:03:17 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ sub ReadConfig {
     my $perlvarref = read_conf('loncapa.conf');
     %perlvar    = %{$perlvarref};
     my $hoststab   = read_hosts(
-				"$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab") || 
+				"$perlvar{lonTabDir}/hosts.tab") || 
 				die "Can't read host table!!";
     %hostshash  = %{$hoststab};
     $ConfigRead = 1;
@@ -562,9 +562,15 @@ Shuts down the socket.
 sub Shutdown {
     my $self = shift;
     my $socket = $self->GetSocket();
-    $socket->send("exit\n", 0);	# Ask lond to exit too.  Non blocking so
-                                # there's no cost for failure.
-    $socket->shutdown(2);
+    Debug(5,"socket is -$socket-");
+    if ($socket) {
+	# Ask lond to exit too.  Non blocking so
+	# there is no cost for failure.
+	eval {
+	    $socket->send("exit\n", 0);
+	    $socket->shutdown(2);
+	}
+    }
 }
 
 =pod
@@ -786,6 +792,9 @@ sub read_conf
     my %perlvar;
     foreach my $filename (@conf_files,'loncapa_apache.conf')
       {
+	  if($DebugLevel > 3) {
+	      print("Going to read $confdir.$filename\n");
+	  }
 	open(CONFIG,'<'.$confdir.$filename) or
 	    die("Can't read $confdir$filename");
 	while (my $configline=<CONFIG>)
@@ -799,9 +808,15 @@ sub read_conf
 	  }
 	close(CONFIG);
       }
+    if($DebugLevel > 3) {
+	print "Dumping perlvar:\n";
+	foreach my $var (keys %perlvar) {
+	    print "$var = $perlvar{$var}\n";
+	}
+    }
     my $perlvarref=\%perlvar;
-    return ($perlvarref);
-  }
+    return $perlvarref;
+}
 
 #---------------------- Subroutine read_hosts: Read a LON-CAPA hosts.tab
 # formatted configuration file.