--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2003/12/29 21:17:00	1.167
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2003/12/30 20:47:23	1.168
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.167 2003/12/29 21:17:00 www Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.168 2003/12/30 20:47:23 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3284,14 +3284,18 @@ sub propath {
 
 sub icon {
     my ($file)=@_;
-    my @file_ext = split(/\./,$file);
-    my $curfext = $file_ext[-1];
-    my $iconname="unknown.gif";
+    my $curfext = (split(/\./,$file))[-1];
+    my $iconname=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonIconsURL'}.'/unknown.gif';
     my $embstyle = &Apache::loncommon::fileembstyle($curfext);
-    # The unless conditional that follows is a bit of overkill
-    $iconname = $curfext.".gif" unless
-	(!defined($embstyle) || $embstyle eq 'unk' || $embstyle eq 'hdn');
-    return $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonIconsURL'}."/$iconname";
+    if (!(!defined($embstyle) || $embstyle eq 'unk' || $embstyle eq 'hdn')) {
+	if (-e  $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/'.
+	          $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonIconsURL'}.'/'.
+	            $curfext.".gif") {
+	    $iconname=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonIconsURL'}.'/'.
+		$curfext.".gif";
+	}
+    }
+    return $iconname;
 } 
 
 =pod