--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/06/24 19:41:41	1.243
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/07/17 18:01:33	1.252
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.243 2002/06/24 19:41:41 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.252 2002/07/17 18:01:33 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ use vars
 qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %spareid %hostdom 
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab 
    %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
-   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache);
+   %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache %domaindescription);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
@@ -1737,9 +1737,15 @@ sub allowed {
        }
    }
 
-# Restricted by state?
+# Restricted by state or randomout?
 
    if ($thisallowed=~/X/) {
+      if ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}) {
+         my $symb=&symbread($uri,1);
+         if (($symb) && ($ENV{'acc.randomout'}=~/\&$symb\&/)) { 
+            return ''; 
+         }
+      }
       if (&condval($statecond)) {
 	 return '2';
       } else {
@@ -1812,9 +1818,11 @@ sub definerole {
 # ---------------- Make a metadata query against the network of library servers
 
 sub metadata_query {
-    my ($query,$custom,$customshow)=@_;
+    my ($query,$custom,$customshow,$server_array)=@_;
     my %rhash;
-    for my $server (keys %libserv) {
+    my @server_list = (defined($server_array) ? @$server_array
+                                              : keys(%libserv) );
+    for my $server (@server_list) {
 	unless ($custom or $customshow) {
 	    my $reply=&reply("querysend:".&escape($query),$server);
 	    $rhash{$server}=$reply;
@@ -2263,30 +2271,26 @@ sub courseresdata {
     my ($coursenum,$coursedomain,@which)=@_;
     my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
     my $hashid=$coursenum.':'.$coursedomain;
-    unless (defined($courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'})) {
-	unless (time-$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}<300) {
-           my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
-           if ($coursehom) {
-              my $dumpreply=&reply('dump:'.$coursedomain.':'.$coursenum.
-			     ':resourcedata:.',$coursehom);
-	      unless ($dumpreply=~/^error\:/) {
-	         $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
-                 $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=$dumpreply;
-	     }
-	  }
-       }
+    my $dodump=0;
+    if (!defined($courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'})) {
+	$dodump=1;
+    } else {
+	if (time-$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}>300) { $dodump=1; }
     }
-   my @pairs=split(/\&/,$courseresdatacache{$hashid});
-   my %returnhash=();
-   foreach (@pairs) {
-      my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
-   }
-    my $item;
-   foreach $item (@which) {
-       if ($returnhash{$item}) { return $returnhash{$item}; }
-   }
-   return '';
+    if ($dodump) {
+	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
+	my ($tmp) = keys(%dumpreply);
+	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
+	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=\%dumpreply;
+	}
+    }
+    foreach my $item (@which) {
+	if ($courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item}) {
+	    return $courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item};
+	}
+    }
+    return '';
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
@@ -2693,7 +2697,7 @@ sub symbclean {
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Return symb list entry
 
 sub symbread {
-    my $thisfn=shift;
+    my ($thisfn,$donotrecurse)=@_;
 # no filename provided? try from environment
     unless ($thisfn) {
         if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) { return &symbclean($ENV{'request.symb'}); }
@@ -2742,7 +2746,7 @@ sub symbread {
 # ----------------------------------------------- There is only one possibility
 		     my ($mapid,$resid)=split(/\./,$ids);
                      $syval=declutter($bighash{'map_id_'.$mapid}).'___'.$resid;
-                 } else {
+                 } elsif (!$donotrecurse) {
 # ------------------------------------------ There is more than one possibility
                      my $realpossible=0;
                      foreach (@possibilities) {
@@ -2757,6 +2761,8 @@ sub symbread {
 			 }
                      }
 		     if ($realpossible!=1) { $syval=''; }
+                 } else {
+                     $syval='';
                  }
 	      }
               untie(%bighash)
@@ -2941,11 +2947,18 @@ BEGIN {
 
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
-       my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       $hostname{$id}=$name;
-       $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
-       $hostip{$id}=$ip;
-       if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
+       my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip,$domdescr)=split(/:/,$configline);
+       if ($id && $domain && $role && $name && $ip) {
+	 $hostname{$id}=$name;
+	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
+	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
+	 if ($domdescr) { $domaindescription{$domain}=$domdescr; }
+	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
+       } else {
+	 if ($configline) {
+	   &logthis("Skipping hosts.tab line -$configline-");
+	 }
+       }
     }
 }