--- loncom/lond	2004/07/27 10:50:37	1.213
+++ loncom/lond	2004/07/27 11:10:47	1.214
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.213 2004/07/27 10:50:37 foxr Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.214 2004/07/27 11:10:47 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.213 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.214 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
-my $currenthostid;
+my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
 
 my $client;
@@ -1032,6 +1032,37 @@ sub tie_user_hash {
     }
     
 }
+
+#--------------------- Request Handlers --------------------------------------------
+#
+#   By convention each request handler registers itself prior to the sub declaration:
+#
+
+#  Handles ping requests.
+#  Parameters:
+#      $cmd    - the actual keyword that invoked us.
+#      $tail   - the tail of the request that invoked us.
+#      $replyfd- File descriptor connected to the client
+#  Implicit Inputs:
+#      $currenthostid - Global variable that carries the name of the host we are
+#                       known as.
+#  Returns:
+#      1       - Ok to continue processing.
+#      0       - Program should exit.
+#  Side effects:
+#      Reply information is sent to the client.
+
+sub ping_handler {
+    my ($cmd, $tail, $client) = @_;
+    Debug("$cmd $tail $client .. $currenthostid:");
+   
+    Reply( $client,"$currenthostid\n","$cmd:$tail");
+   
+    return 1;
+}
+&register_handler("ping", \&ping_handler, 0, 1, 1);       # Ping unencoded, client or manager.
+
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 #   Getting, decoding and dispatching requests:
@@ -1096,6 +1127,10 @@ sub process_request {
     chomp($command);
     chomp($tail);
     $tail =~ s/(\r)//;		# This helps people debugging with e.g. telnet.
+    $command =~ s/(\r)//;	# And this too for parameterless commands.
+    if(!$tail) {
+	$tail ="";		# defined but blank.
+    }
 
     &Debug("Command received: $command, encoded = $wasenc");
 
@@ -1140,15 +1175,7 @@ sub process_request {
     }    
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- Normal commands
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ping
-    if ($userinput =~ /^ping/) {	# client only
-	if(isClient) {
-	    print $client "$currenthostid\n";
-	} else {
-	    Reply($client, "refused\n", $userinput);
-	}
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pong
-    }elsif ($userinput =~ /^pong/) { # client only
+    if ($userinput =~ /^pong/) { # client only
 	if(isClient) {
 	    my $reply=&reply("ping",$clientname);
 	    print $client "$currenthostid:$reply\n"; 
@@ -3129,17 +3156,11 @@ sub Debug {
 #     request - Original request from client.
 #
 sub Reply {
-    alarm(120);
-    my $fd      = shift;
-    my $reply   = shift;
-    my $request = shift;
-
     my ($fd, $reply, $request) = @_;
     print $fd $reply;
     Debug("Request was $request  Reply was $reply");
 
     $Transactions++;
-    alarm(0);
 
 
 }