: finds the section of student in the
course $cname, return section name/number or '' for "not in course"
and '-1' for "no section"
@@ -5015,8 +6133,8 @@ subscribe($fname) : subscribe to a resou
repcopy($filename) : subscribes to the requested file, and attempts to
replicate from the owning library server, Might return
-HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, HTTP_NOT_FOUND, FORBIDDEN, OK, or
-HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, also attempts to grab the metadata for the
+'unavailable', 'not_found', 'forbidden', 'ok', or
+'bad_request', also attempts to grab the metadata for the
resource. Expects the local filesystem pathname
(/home/httpd/html/res/....)
@@ -5070,9 +6188,10 @@ returns the data handle
=item *
symbverify($symb,$thisfn) : verifies that $symb actually exists and is
-a possible symb for the URL in $thisfn, returns a 1 on success, 0 on
-failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existance of the
-course initi hash, and uses $ENV('request.course.id'}
+a possible symb for the URL in $thisfn, and if is an encryypted
+resource that the user accessed using /enc/ returns a 1 on success, 0
+on failure, user must be in a course, as it assumes the existance of
+the course initial hash, and uses $ENV('request.course.id'}
=item *
@@ -5186,11 +6305,30 @@ dumps the complete (or key matching rege
=item *
+inc($namespace,$store,$udom,$uname) : increments $store in $namespace.
+$store can be a scalar, an array reference, or if the amount to be
+incremented is > 1, a hash reference.
+
+($udom and $uname are optional)
+
+=item *
+
put($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
($udom and $uname are optional)
=item *
+putstore($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
+keys used in storehash include version information (e.g., 1:$symb:message etc.) as
+used in records written by &store and retrieved by &restore. This function
+was created for use in editing discussion posts, without incrementing the
+version number included in the key for a particular post. The colon
+separated list of attribute names (e.g., the value associated with the key
+1:keys:$symb) is also generated and passed in the ampersand separated
+items sent to lonnet::reply().
+
+=item *
+
cput($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : critical put
($udom and $uname are optional)
@@ -5296,8 +6434,29 @@ messages of critical importance should g
=item *
-getfile($file) : returns the entire contents of a file or -1; it
-properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
+getfile($file,$caller) : two cases - requests for files in /res or in /uploaded.
+(a) files in /uploaded
+ (i) If a local copy of the file exists -
+ compares modification date of local copy with last-modified date for
+ definitive version stored on home server for course. If local copy is
+ stale, requests a new version from the home server and stores it.
+ If the original has been removed from the home server, then local copy
+ is unlinked.
+ (ii) If local copy does not exist -
+ requests the file from the home server and stores it.
+
+ If $caller is 'uploadrep':
+ This indicates a call from lonuploadrep.pm (PerlHeaderParserHandler phase)
+ for request for files originally uploaded via DOCS.
+ - returns 'ok' if fresh local copy now available, -1 otherwise.
+
+ Otherwise:
+ This indicates a call from the content generation phase of the request.
+ - returns the entire contents of the file or -1.
+
+(b) files in /res
+ - returns the entire contents of a file or -1;
+ it properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
=item *
500 Internal Server Error
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misconfiguration and was unable to complete
your request.
Please contact the server administrator at
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and the actions you performed just before this error.
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