--- loncom/lond	2004/07/23 14:10:47	1.209
+++ loncom/lond	2004/07/23 16:14:19	1.211
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.209 2004/07/23 14:10:47 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.211 2004/07/23 16:14:19 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.209 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.211 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid;
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -956,9 +956,7 @@ sub EditFile {
 #    if the tie failed.
 #
 sub tie_domain_hash {
-    my ($domain, 
-	$namespace,
-	$how)     = @_;
+    my ($domain,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$logtail) = @_;
     
     # Filter out any whitespace in the domain name:
     
@@ -971,17 +969,16 @@ sub tie_domain_hash {
     my $resource_file  = $domain_dir."/$namespace.db";
     my %hash;
     if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', $resource_file, $how, 0640)) {
-	if (scalar @_) {	# Need to log the operation.
-	    my $logFh = IO::File->new(">>domain_dir/$namespace.hist");
+	if (defined($loghead)) {	# Need to log the operation.
+	    my $logFh = IO::File->new(">>$domain_dir/$namespace.hist");
 	    if($logFh) {
 		my $timestamp = time;
-		my ($loghead, $logtail) = @_;
 		print $logFh "$loghead:$timestamp:$logtail\n";
 	    }
+	    $logFh->close;
 	}
 	return \%hash;		# Return the tied hash.
-    }
-    else {
+    } else {
 	return undef;		# Tie failed.
     }
 }
@@ -1005,13 +1002,9 @@ sub tie_domain_hash {
 #   hash to which the database is tied.  It's up to the caller to untie.
 #   undef if the has could not be tied.
 #
-sub TieUserHash {
-    my ($domain,
-	$user,
-	$namespace,
-	$how)       = @_;
+sub tie_user_hash {
+    my ($domain,$user,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
 
-    
     $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;	# / -> _
     $namespace=~s/\W//g;		# whitespace eliminated.
     my $proname     = propath($domain, $user);
@@ -1023,16 +1016,15 @@ sub TieUserHash {
 	   $how, 0640)) {
 	# If this is a namespace for which a history is kept,
 	# make the history log entry:    
-	if (($namespace =~/^nohist\_/) && (scalar @_ > 0)) {
+	if (($namespace =~/^nohist\_/) && (defined($loghead))) {
 	    my $args = scalar @_;
 	    Debug(" Opening history: $namespace $args");
 	    my $hfh = IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist"); 
 	    if($hfh) {
 		my $now = time;
-		my $loghead  = shift;
-		my $what    = shift;
 		print $hfh "$loghead:$now:$what\n";
 	    }
+	    $hfh->close;
 	}
 	return \%hash;
     } else {
@@ -1051,7 +1043,7 @@ sub TieUserHash {
 #   is defined as a 'line' of text.  We remove the new line
 #   from the text line.  
 #   
-sub GetRequest {
+sub get_request {
     my $input = <$client>;
     chomp($input);
 
@@ -1070,7 +1062,7 @@ sub GetRequest {
 #  Implicit input:
 #     cipher  - This global holds the negotiated encryption key.
 #
-sub Decipher {
+sub decipher {
     my ($input)  = @_;
     my $output = '';
    
@@ -1114,7 +1106,7 @@ sub Decipher {
 #      - On failure, the program will die as it's a bad internal bug to try to 
 #        register a duplicate command handler.
 #
-sub RegisterHandler {
+sub register_handler {
     my ($request_name,
 	$procedure,
 	$must_encode,