--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2014/07/29 05:49:32	1.1265
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2014/10/13 15:46:45	1.1266
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1265 2014/07/29 05:49:32 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1266 2014/10/13 15:46:45 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -5628,18 +5628,17 @@ sub dump {
     if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
     my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
 
-    my $reply;
+    if ($regexp) {
+        $regexp=&escape($regexp);
+    } else {
+        $regexp='.';
+    }
     if (grep { $_ eq $uhome } current_machine_ids()) {
         # user is hosted on this machine
-        $reply = LONCAPA::Lond::dump_with_regexp(join(":", ($udomain,
+        my $reply = LONCAPA::Lond::dump_with_regexp(join(":", ($udomain,
                     $uname, $namespace, $regexp, $range)), $perlvar{'lonVersion'});
         return %{unserialize($reply, $escapedkeys)};
     }
-    if ($regexp) {
-	$regexp=&escape($regexp);
-    } else {
-	$regexp='.';
-    }
     my $rep=&reply("dump:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$regexp:$range",$uhome);
     my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
     my %returnhash=();