--- loncom/interface/loncreatecourse.pm	2017/11/12 23:04:23	1.169
+++ loncom/interface/loncreatecourse.pm	2019/07/25 20:13:56	1.170
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # Create a course
 #
-# $Id: loncreatecourse.pm,v 1.169 2017/11/12 23:04:23 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncreatecourse.pm,v 1.170 2019/07/25 20:13:56 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ sub process_batchfile {
         my $batchfilepath=&Apache::lonnet::userfileupload('coursecreatorxml',undef,
                                                           'batchupload',undef,undef,
                                                           undef,undef,$defdom);
-        if ($batchfilepath =~ m{^(\Q$dir/$defdom/web/$uname\_$udom\E)/pending/([^/]+)$}) {
+        if ($batchfilepath =~ m{^(\Q$dir/$defdom/web/$uname\E_\Q$udom\E)/pending/([^/]+)$}) {
             my ($batchdir,$filename) = ($1,$2);
             if (-e "$batchfilepath") {
                 if (open(FILE,"<",$batchfilepath)) {