--- loncom/lond	2011/07/28 15:12:03	1.476
+++ loncom/lond	2011/07/31 22:55:48	1.477
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # lond "LON Daemon" Server (port "LOND" 5663)
 #
-# $Id: lond,v 1.476 2011/07/28 15:12:03 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lond,v 1.477 2011/07/31 22:55:48 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ my $DEBUG = 0;		       # Non zero to ena
 my $status='';
 my $lastlog='';
 
-my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.476 $'; #' stupid emacs
+my $VERSION='$Revision: 1.477 $'; #' stupid emacs
 my $remoteVERSION;
 my $currenthostid="default";
 my $currentdomainid;
@@ -1641,6 +1641,35 @@ sub ls3_handler {
 }
 &register_handler("ls3", \&ls3_handler, 0, 1, 0);
 
+sub read_lonnet_global {
+    my ($cmd,$tail,$client) = @_;
+    my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";
+    my $requested = &Apache::lonnet::thaw_unescape($tail);
+    my $result;
+    if (ref($requested) eq 'HASH') {
+        foreach my $what (keys(%{$requested})) {
+            my $type = $requested->{$what};
+            my $lonnetglobal = 'Apache::lonnet::'.$what;
+            my $response;
+            if ($type eq 'HASH') {
+                if (defined(%{$lonnetglobal})) {
+                    my $hashref = \%{$lonnetglobal};
+                    $response = &Apache::lonnet::freeze_escape($hashref);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (defined(${$lonnetglobal})) {
+                    $response = &escape(${$item});
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        $result .= &escape($what).'='.$response.'&';
+    }
+    $result =~ s/\&$//;
+    &Reply($client,\$result,$userinput);
+    return 1;
+}
+&register_handler("readlonnetglobal", \&read_lonnet_global, 0, 1, 0);
+
 sub server_timezone_handler {
     my ($cmd,$tail,$client) = @_;
     my $userinput = "$cmd:$tail";