--- loncom/lond	2006/01/31 15:37:41	1.311
+++ loncom/lond	2006/01/31 15:56:46	1.312
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.311 2006/01/31 15:37:41 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.312 2006/01/31 15:56:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.311 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.312 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -971,26 +971,12 @@ sub tie_domain_hash {
     
     my $user_top_dir   = $perlvar{'lonUsersDir'};
     my $domain_dir     = $user_top_dir."/$domain";
-    my $resource_file  = $domain_dir."/$namespace.db";
-    my %hash;
-    if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', $resource_file, $how, 0640)) {
-	if (defined($loghead)) {	# Need to log the operation.
-	    my $logFh = IO::File->new(">>$domain_dir/$namespace.hist");
-	    if($logFh) {
-		my $timestamp = time;
-		print $logFh "$loghead:$timestamp:$logtail\n";
-	    }
-	    $logFh->close;
-	}
-	return \%hash;		# Return the tied hash.
-    } else {
-	return undef;		# Tie failed.
-    }
+    my $resource_file  = $domain_dir."/$namespace";
+    return &_do_hash_tie($resource_file,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$logtail);
 }
 
 sub untie_domain_hash {
-    my ($hashref) = @_;
-    untie(%$hashref);
+    return &_do_hash_untie(@_);
 }
 #
 #   Ties a user's resource file to a hash.  
@@ -1017,18 +1003,27 @@ sub tie_user_hash {
     $namespace=~s/\//\_/g;	# / -> _
     $namespace=~s/\W//g;		# whitespace eliminated.
     my $proname     = propath($domain, $user);
-   
-    #  Tie the database.
-    
+
+    my $file_prefix="$proname/$namespace";
+    return &_do_hash_tie($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what);
+}
+
+sub untie_user_hash {
+    return &_do_hash_untie(@_);
+}
+
+# internal routines that handle the actual tieing and untieing process
+
+sub _do_hash_tie {
+    my ($file_prefix,$namespace,$how,$loghead,$what) = @_;
     my %hash;
-    if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', "$proname/$namespace.db",
-	   $how, 0640)) {
+    if(tie(%hash, 'GDBM_File', "$file_prefix.db", $how, 0640)) {
 	# If this is a namespace for which a history is kept,
 	# make the history log entry:    
 	if (($namespace !~/^nohist\_/) && (defined($loghead))) {
 	    my $args = scalar @_;
-	    Debug(" Opening history: $namespace $args");
-	    my $hfh = IO::File->new(">>$proname/$namespace.hist"); 
+	    Debug(" Opening history: $file_prefix $args");
+	    my $hfh = IO::File->new(">>$file_prefix.hist"); 
 	    if($hfh) {
 		my $now = time;
 		print $hfh "$loghead:$now:$what\n";
@@ -1039,10 +1034,9 @@ sub tie_user_hash {
     } else {
 	return undef;
     }
-    
 }
 
-sub untie_user_hash {
+sub _do_hash_untie {
     my ($hashref) = @_;
     my $result = untie(%$hashref);
     return $result;