use Date::Manip;
use GDBM_File;
use Storable qw(nfreeze thaw);

my $fname="/home/httpd/lonUsers/annarbor/9/7/7/9778182de3942c1annarborl2/slots.db";
my %db;
if (! tie(%db,'GDBM_File',$fname,&GDBM_WRITER(),0640)) {
    warn "Unable to tie to $fname";
    exit;
}
$db{'slot1'}=
    &freeze_escape({
	'starttime' => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2004","%s"),
	'endtime'   => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 01:00:00 2004","%s"),
	'ip'        => "*albertelli.com",
    });
$db{'slot2'}=
    &freeze_escape({
	'starttime' => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2006","%s"),
	'endtime'   => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2006","%s"),
	'ip'        => "*albertelli.com",
    });
$db{'slot3'}=
    &freeze_escape({
	'starttime' => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2004","%s"),
	'endtime'   => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2006","%s"),
	'ip'        => "1.2.3.4",
    });
$db{'slot4'}=
    &freeze_escape({
	'starttime' => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2004","%s"),
	'endtime'   => &UnixDate("Aug 30th 00:00:00 2006","%s"),
	'ip'        => "*albertelli.com",
    });

sub freeze_escape {
    my ($value)=@_;
    if (ref($value)) {
	$value=&nfreeze($value);
	return '__FROZEN__'.&escape($value);
    }
    return &escape($value);
}

sub escape {
    my $str=shift;
    $str =~ s/(\W)/"%".unpack('H2',$1)/eg;
    return $str;
}

sub thaw_unescape {
    my ($value)=@_;
    if ($value =~ /^__FROZEN__/) {
	substr($value,0,10,undef);
	$value=&unescape($value);
	return &thaw($value);
    }
    return &unescape($value);
}

sub unescape {
    my $str=shift;
    $str =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
    return $str;
}