--- loncom/cgi/loncgi.pm	2005/05/25 22:31:51	1.5
+++ loncom/cgi/loncgi.pm	2006/04/10 17:46:04	1.6
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # LON-CAPA helpers for cgi-bin scripts
 #
-# $Id: loncgi.pm,v 1.5 2005/05/25 22:31:51 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncgi.pm,v 1.6 2006/04/10 17:46:04 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ sub transfer_profile_to_env {
     }
     foreach my $envrow (@profile) {
         chomp($envrow);
-        my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$envrow);
+        my ($envname,$envvalue)=split(/=/,$envrow,2);
+	$envname  = &unescape($envname);
+	$envvalue = &unescape($envvalue);
         $Apache::lonnet::env{$envname} = $envvalue;
     }
     $Apache::lonnet::env{'user.environment'} = "$lonidsdir/$handle.id";
@@ -160,6 +162,21 @@ sub transfer_profile_to_env {
 #############################################
 #############################################
 
+sub escape {
+    my $str=shift;
+    $str =~ s/(\W)/"%".unpack('H2',$1)/eg;
+    return $str;
+}
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Un-Escape Special Chars
+
+sub unescape {
+    my $str=shift;
+    $str =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
+    return $str;
+}
+
+
 =pod
 
 =back