--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/09/02 21:23:13	1.539
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/09/09 08:26:46	1.540
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.539 2004/09/02 21:23:13 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.540 2004/09/09 08:26:46 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1284,6 +1284,9 @@ sub clean_filename {
     $fname=~s/\s+/\_/g;
 # Replace all other weird characters by nothing
     $fname=~s/[^\w\.\-]//g;
+# Replace all .\d. sequences with _\d. so they no longer look like version
+# numbers
+    $fname=~s/\.(\d+)(?=\.)/_$1/g;
     return $fname;
 }