--- loncom/interface/portfolio.pm	2004/08/28 15:57:35	1.35
+++ loncom/interface/portfolio.pm	2004/09/06 23:11:57	1.36
@@ -443,7 +443,14 @@ sub handler {
     &Apache::loncommon::get_unprocessed_cgi($ENV{'QUERY_STRING'},
                                             ['selectfile','currentpath',
 					     'currentfile']);
-
+	# make sure there is a portfolio directory off /userfiles
+	my @dir_list=&Apache::lonnet::dirlist('/',
+					    $ENV{'user.domain'},
+					    $ENV{'user.name'},$portfolio_root);
+	if ($dir_list[0] eq 'no_such_dir'){
+	     &Apache::lonnet::mkdiruserfile($ENV{'user.name'},
+	     $ENV{'user.domain'},'portfolio');
+	}
     if ($ENV{'form.uploaddoc.filename'}) {
 	&upload($r);
     } elsif ($ENV{'form.action'} eq 'delete' && $ENV{'form.confirmed'}) {