--- loncom/debugging_tools/dump_db.pl	2006/06/19 09:36:22	1.6
+++ loncom/debugging_tools/dump_db.pl	2006/08/08 18:20:50	1.7
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # dump_db.pl - dump a GDBM database to standard output, unescaping if asked to.
 #
-# $Id: dump_db.pl,v 1.6 2006/06/19 09:36:22 www Exp $
+# $Id: dump_db.pl,v 1.7 2006/08/08 18:20:50 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 use Storable qw(thaw);
 use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/';
 use LONCAPA;
+use LONCAPA::Configuration;
+use Cwd;
 
 #
 # Options
@@ -66,10 +68,20 @@ END
     exit;
 }
 
+my  %perlvar=%{&LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf')};
+
 #
 # Loop through ARGV getting files.
 while (my $fname = shift) {
-    my $dbref=&LONCAPA::locking_hash_tie($fname,&GDBM_READER());
+    $fname = &Cwd::abs_path($fname);
+    my $dbref;
+    if ($fname =~ m/^\Q$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}\E/) {
+	$dbref=&LONCAPA::locking_hash_tie($fname,&GDBM_READER());
+    } else {
+	if (tie(my %db,'GDBM_File',$fname,&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
+	    $dbref = \%db;
+	}
+    }
 
     if (!$dbref) {
         warn "Unable to tie to $fname";
@@ -77,7 +89,7 @@ while (my $fname = shift) {
     }
     while (my ($key,$value) = each(%$dbref)) {
         if ($value =~ s/^__FROZEN__//) {
-            $value = thaw(&unescape($value));
+            #$value = thaw(&unescape($value));
         }
         if ($unesc) {
             $key = &unescape($key);