--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/01/08 06:13:20	1.1097
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2011/01/18 20:19:29	1.1100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1097 2011/01/08 06:13:20 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1100 2011/01/18 20:19:29 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4438,15 +4438,18 @@ sub dump {
     my $rep=&reply("dump:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$regexp:$range:$extra",$uhome);
     my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
     my %returnhash=();
-    foreach my $item (@pairs) {
-	my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$item,2);
-	$key = &unescape($key);
-	next if ($key =~ /^error: 2 /);
-	$returnhash{$key}=&thaw_unescape($value);
+    if (!($rep =~ /^error/ )) {
+	foreach my $item (@pairs) {
+	    my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$item,2);
+	    $key = &unescape($key);
+	    next if ($key =~ /^error: 2 /);
+	    $returnhash{$key}=&thaw_unescape($value);
+	}
     }
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------- dumpstore interface
 
 sub dumpstore {
@@ -6022,9 +6025,9 @@ sub auto_get_sections {
 }
 
 sub auto_new_course {
-    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id,$owner) = @_;
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$inst_course_id,$owner,$coowners) = @_;
     my $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
-    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autonewcourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.$owner.':'.$cdom,$homeserver));
+    my $response=&unescape(&reply('autonewcourse:'.$inst_course_id.':'.&escape($owner).':'.$cdom.':'.&escape($coowners),$homeserver));
     return $response;
 }
 
@@ -8470,7 +8473,7 @@ sub metadata {
     if (($uri eq '') || 
 	(($uri =~ m|^/*adm/|) && 
 	     ($uri !~ m|^adm/includes|) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) ||
-        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ /^\*uploaded\/.+\.sequence$/) || ($uri =~ m{^/*uploaded/$match_domain/$match_courseid/docs/})) {
+        ($uri =~ m|/$|) || ($uri =~ m|/.meta$|) || ($uri =~ m{^/*uploaded/.+\.sequence$}) || ($uri =~ m{^/*uploaded/$match_domain/$match_courseid/docs/})) {
 	return undef;
     }
     if (($uri =~ /^~/ || $uri =~ m{home/$match_username/public_html/})