--- loncom/loncron	2011/04/23 16:18:49	1.88
+++ loncom/loncron	2011/11/08 22:25:25	1.94
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Housekeeping program, started by cron, loncontrol and loncron.pl
 #
-# $Id: loncron,v 1.88 2011/04/23 16:18:49 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncron,v 1.94 2011/11/08 22:25:25 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use strict;
 
 use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/';
 use LONCAPA::Configuration;
+use LONCAPA;
 use Apache::lonnet;
 use Apache::loncommon;
 
@@ -514,21 +515,13 @@ sub clean_sockets {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- httpd
 sub check_httpd_logs {
     my ($fh)=@_;
-    &log($fh,'<hr /><a name="httpd" /><h2>httpd</h2><h3>Access Log</h3><pre>');
-    
-    open (DFH,"tail -n25 /etc/httpd/logs/access_log|");
-    while (my $line=<DFH>) { &log($fh,&encode_entities($line,'<>&"')) };
-    close (DFH);
-	
-    &log($fh,"</pre><h3>Error Log</h3><pre>");
-	
-    open (DFH,"tail -n25 /etc/httpd/logs/error_log|");
-    while (my $line=<DFH>) { 
-	&log($fh,"$line");
-	if ($line=~/\[error\]/) { $notices++; } 
+    if (open(PIPE,"./lchttpdlogs|")) {
+        while (my $line=<PIPE>) {
+            &log($fh,$line);
+            if ($line=~/\[error\]/) { $notices++; }
+        }
+        close(PIPE);
     }
-    close (DFH);
-    &log($fh,"</pre>");
     &errout($fh);
 }
 
@@ -651,8 +644,18 @@ sub check_delayed_msg {
 # pong to all servers that have delayed messages
 # this will trigger a reverse connection, which should flush the buffers
     foreach my $tryserver (keys %servers) {
-	my $answer=&Apache::lonnet::reply("pong",$tryserver);
-	&log($fh,"Pong to $tryserver: $answer<br />");
+        my $answer;
+        eval {
+            local $SIG{ ALRM } = sub { die "TIMEOUT" };
+            alarm(20);
+            $answer = &Apache::lonnet::reply("pong",$tryserver);
+            alarm(0);
+        };
+        if ($@ && $@ =~ m/TIMEOUT/) {
+            print "time out while contacting: $tryserver for pong\n";
+        } else {
+            &log($fh,"Pong to $tryserver: $answer<br />");
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -686,11 +689,22 @@ sub log_simplestatus {
 }
 
 sub write_loncaparevs {
+    print "Retrieving LON-CAPA version information\n";
     if (open(my $fh,">$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/loncaparevs.tab")) {
         my %hostname = &Apache::lonnet::all_hostnames();
         foreach my $id (sort(keys(%hostname))) {
             if ($id ne '') {
-                my $loncaparev = &Apache::lonnet::get_server_loncaparev('',$id,1,'loncron');
+                my $loncaparev;
+                eval {
+                    local $SIG{ ALRM } = sub { die "TIMEOUT" };
+                    alarm(10);
+                    $loncaparev =
+                        &Apache::lonnet::get_server_loncaparev('',$id,1,'loncron');
+                    alarm(0);
+                };
+                if ($@ && $@ =~ m/TIMEOUT/) {
+                    print "time out while contacting lonHost: $id for version\n";   
+                }
                 if ($loncaparev =~ /^[\w.\-]+$/) {
                     print $fh $id.':'.$loncaparev."\n";
                 }
@@ -702,12 +716,23 @@ sub write_loncaparevs {
 }
 
 sub write_serverhomeIDs {
+    print "Retrieving LON-CAPA lonHostID information\n";
     if (open(my $fh,">$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/serverhomeIDs.tab")) {
         my %name_to_host = &Apache::lonnet::all_names();
         foreach my $name (sort(keys(%name_to_host))) {
             if ($name ne '') {
                 if (ref($name_to_host{$name}) eq 'ARRAY') {
-                    my $serverhomeID = &Apache::lonnet::get_server_homeID($name,1,'loncron');
+                    my $serverhomeID;
+                    eval {
+                        local $SIG{ ALRM } = sub { die "TIMEOUT" };
+                        alarm(10);
+                        $serverhomeID = 
+                            &Apache::lonnet::get_server_homeID($name,1,'loncron');
+                        alarm(0);
+                    };
+                    if ($@ && $@ =~ m/TIMEOUT/) {
+                        print "Time out while contacting server: $name\n"; 
+                    }
                     if ($serverhomeID ne '') {
                         print $fh $name.':'.$serverhomeID."\n";
                     } else {
@@ -821,8 +846,11 @@ sub main () {
                 print $fh "$key\n";
             }
             close($fh);
-            my $execpath = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/lciptables';
-            system("$execpath $tmpfile");
+            if (&LONCAPA::try_to_lock('/tmp/lock_lciptables')) {
+                my $execpath = $perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/lciptables';
+                system("$execpath $tmpfile");
+                unlink('/tmp/lock_lciptables');  # Remove the lock file. 
+            }
             unlink($tmpfile);
         }
     }