--- loncom/loncron	2001/09/06 19:28:06	1.24
+++ loncom/loncron	2002/05/17 16:19:24	1.27
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@
 # 12/23 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # YEAR=2001
 # 1/10/2001, 2/12/, 2/26, 3/15, 04/11, 04/21,8/27 Scott Harrison
-# 09/04,09/06 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 09/04,09/06,11/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# YEAR=2002
+# 5/11/2002 Scott Harrison
 
 $|=1;
 
+use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/';
+use LONCAPA::Configuration;
+
 use IO::File;
 use IO::Socket;
 
@@ -50,19 +55,13 @@ ENDERROUT
 
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------ Read access.conf
-{
-    my $config=IO::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf");
-
-    while (my $configline=<$config>) {
-        if ($configline =~ /PerlSetVar/) {
-	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
-           $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
-        }
-    }
-    delete $perlvar{'lonReceipt'}; # remove since sensitive and not needed
-    delete $perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'}; # remove since sensitive and not needed
-}
+# --------------------------------- Read loncapa_apache.conf and loncapa.conf
+my $perlvarref=LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa_apache.conf',
+                                                 'loncapa.conf');
+my %perlvar=%{$perlvarref};
+undef $perlvarref;
+delete $perlvar{'lonReceipt'}; # remove since sensitive and not needed
+delete $perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'}; # remove since sensitive and not needed
 
 # --------------------------------------- Make sure that LON-CAPA is configured
 # I only test for one thing here (lonHostID).  This is just a safeguard.
@@ -422,7 +421,8 @@ if (-e $londfile) {
    my $londpid=<$lfh>;
    chomp($londpid);
    if (kill 0 => $londpid) {
-      print $fh "<h3>lond at pid $londpid responding</h3>";
+      print $fh "<h3>lond at pid $londpid responding, sending USR1</h3>";
+      kill USR1 => $londpid;
       $restartflag=0;
    } else {
       $errors++;