--- loncom/lond	2000/07/21 00:40:37	1.18
+++ loncom/lond	2000/09/18 14:57:43	1.20
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # 12/7,12/15,01/06,01/11,01/12,01/14,2/8,
 # 03/07,05/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Scott Harrison
-# 06/29,06/30,07/14,07/15,07/17,07/20 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 06/29,06/30,07/14,07/15,07/17,07/20,07/25,09/18 Gerd Kortemeyer
 #
 # based on "Perl Cookbook" ISBN 1-56592-243-3
 # preforker - server who forks first
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ while ($configline=<CONFIG>) {
 }
 close(CONFIG);
 
+# --------------------------------------------- Check if other instance running
+
+my $pidfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lond.pid";
+
+if (-e $pidfile) {
+   my $lfh=IO::File->new("$pidfile");
+   my $pide=<$lfh>;
+   chomp($pide);
+   if (kill 0 => $pide) { die "already running"; }
+}
+
 $PREFORK=4; # number of children to maintain, at least four spare
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
@@ -663,7 +674,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
                        my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
                        my $qresult='';
-      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
                            for ($i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
                                $qresult.="$hash{$queries[$i]}&";
                            }
@@ -686,7 +697,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
                        my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
                        my $qresult='';
-      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
                            for ($i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
                                $qresult.="$hash{$queries[$i]}&";
                            }
@@ -748,7 +759,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        $namespace=~s/\W//g;
                        my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
                        my $qresult='';
-      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
                            foreach $key (keys %hash) {
                                $qresult.="$key&";
                            }
@@ -769,7 +780,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        $namespace=~s/\W//g;
                        my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
                        my $qresult='';
-      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
                            foreach $key (keys %hash) {
                                $qresult.="$key=$hash{$key}&";
                            }
@@ -833,7 +844,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        chomp($rid);
                        my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
                        my $qresult='';
-      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+      if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname/$namespace.db",&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
                 	   my $version=$hash{"version:$rid"};
                            $qresult.="version=$version&";
                            my $scope;
@@ -908,7 +919,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                        my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/ids";
                        my @queries=split(/\&/,$what);
                        my $qresult='';
-                 if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
+                 if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$proname.db",&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
                            for ($i=0;$i<=$#queries;$i++) {
                                $qresult.="$hash{$queries[$i]}&";
                            }