--- loncom/lond	2000/09/18 14:57:43	1.20
+++ loncom/lond	2000/12/06 20:38:21	1.30
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # 03/07,05/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Scott Harrison
 # 06/29,06/30,07/14,07/15,07/17,07/20,07/25,09/18 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 12/05 Scott Harrison
+# 12/05 Gerd Kortemeyer
 #
 # based on "Perl Cookbook" ISBN 1-56592-243-3
 # preforker - server who forks first
@@ -25,6 +27,23 @@ use LWP::UserAgent();
 use GDBM_File;
 use Authen::Krb4;
 
+# grabs exception and records it to log before exiting
+sub catchexception {
+    my ($error)=@_;
+    $SIG{'QUIT'}='DEFAULT';
+    $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
+    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
+     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $wasserver died through "
+     ."a crash with this error msg->[$error]</font>");
+    if ($client) { print $client "error: $error\n"; }
+    die($error);
+}
+
+# -------------------------------- Set signal handlers to record abnormal exits
+
+$SIG{'QUIT'}=\&catchexception;
+$SIG{__DIE__}=\&catchexception;
+
 # ------------------------------------ Read httpd access.conf and get variables
 
 open (CONFIG,"/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf") || die "Can't read access.conf";
@@ -103,6 +122,7 @@ sub HUPSMAN {                      # sig
     kill 'INT' => keys %children;
     close($server);                # free up socket
     &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: Restarting</font>");
+    unlink("$execdir/logs/lond.pid");
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     exec("$execdir/lond");         # here we go again
 }
@@ -522,12 +542,13 @@ sub make_new_child {
                              $response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
 			      }
                              if ($response->is_error()) {
-				 unline($transname);
+				 unlink($transname);
                                  my $message=$response->status_line;
                                  &logthis(
                                   "LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
                              } else {
 	                         if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
+                                  my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
                                   my $mrequest=
                                    new HTTP::Request('GET',$remoteurl.'.meta');
                                   my $mresponse=
@@ -569,8 +590,11 @@ sub make_new_child {
                          } else {
                            $now=time;
                            { 
-                            my $sh=IO::File->new(">$fname.$hostid{$clientip}");
-                            print $sh "$clientip:$now\n";
+			    my $sh;
+                            if ($sh=
+                             IO::File->new(">$fname.$hostid{$clientip}")) {
+                               print $sh "$clientip:$now\n";
+			    }
 			   }
                            $fname=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res/raw/;
                            $fname="http://$thisserver/".$fname;
@@ -854,7 +878,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                               my $key;
                               $qresult.="$scope:keys=$vkeys&";
                               foreach $key (@keys) {
-	     $qresult.="$version:$key=".$hash{"$scope:$rid:$key"}."&";
+	     $qresult.="$scope:$key=".$hash{"$scope:$rid:$key"}."&";
                               }                                  
                            }
 			   if (untie(%hash)) {