--- loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2010/10/31 15:54:25	1.182
+++ loncom/interface/lonhelper.pm	2011/10/17 12:41:30	1.183
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # .helper XML handler to implement the LON-CAPA helper
 #
-# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.182 2010/10/31 15:54:25 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonhelper.pm,v 1.183 2011/10/17 12:41:30 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2971,7 +2971,7 @@ BUTTONS
     }
 
     # Get the list of files in this directory.
-    my @fileList;
+    my (@fileList,$listref,$listerror);
 
     # If the subdirectory is in local CSTR space
     my $metadir;
@@ -2980,21 +2980,26 @@ BUTTONS
 	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir,
 				     $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'});
 	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$2;
-        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
+        ($listref,$listerror) =
+            &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
     } elsif ($subdir =~ m|^~([^/]+)/(.*)$|) {
 	$subdir='/home/'.$1.'/public_html/'.$2;
 	my ($user,$domain)= 
 	    &Apache::loncacc::constructaccess($subdir,
 				     $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDefDomain'});
 	$metadir='/res/'.$domain.'/'.$user.'/'.$2;
-        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
+        ($listref,$listerror) =
+            &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$domain,$user,undef,undef,'/');
     } else {
         # local library server resource space
-        @fileList = &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},undef,undef,'/');
+        ($listref,$listerror) = 
+            &Apache::lonnet::dirlist($subdir,$env{'user.domain'},$env{'user.name'},undef,undef,'/');
     }
 
     # Sort the fileList into order
-    @fileList = sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} @fileList;
+    if (ref($listref) eq 'ARRAY') {
+        @fileList = sort {lc($a) cmp lc($b)} @{$listref};
+    }
 
     $result .= $buttons;