--- loncom/interface/printout.pl	2004/11/13 08:25:41	1.70
+++ loncom/interface/printout.pl	2004/12/20 21:15:20	1.71
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 # CGI-script to run LaTeX, dvips, ps2ps, ps2pdf etc.
 #
-# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.70 2004/11/13 08:25:41 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: printout.pl,v 1.71 2004/12/20 21:15:20 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use File::Path;
 use IO::File;
 use Image::Magick;
 use Apache::lonhtmlcommon;
+use Apache::lonnet();
 use Apache::loncommon;
 use Apache::lonlocal;
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ END
   my $advans_role = $ENV{'cgi.'.$identifier.'role'};
   my $number_of_files = $ENV{'cgi.'.$identifier.'numberoffiles'}+1;
   my $student_names = $ENV{'cgi.'.$identifier.'studentnames'};
-  my $backref = $ENV{'cgi.'.$identifier.'backref'};
+  my $backref = &Apache::lonnet::unescape($ENV{'cgi.'.$identifier.'backref'});
 
 
   my $adv = $ENV{'request.role.adv'};