--- loncom/lontrans.pm	2004/07/02 07:58:01	1.9
+++ loncom/lontrans.pm	2006/01/16 19:27:09	1.10
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # URL translation for User Files
 #
-# $Id: lontrans.pm,v 1.9 2004/07/02 07:58:01 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lontrans.pm,v 1.10 2006/01/16 19:27:09 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ sub handler {
         my $fn = $r->uri();
         $fn=~s/^\/raw//;
         my (undef,undef,$udom,$uname,@ufile)=split(/\//,$fn);
-        $ufile[-1]=~s/^[\~\.]+//;
+	if (@ufile) { $ufile[-1]=~s/^[\~\.]+//; }
         my $chome=&Apache::lonnet::homeserver($uname,$udom);
 	my $allowed=0;
 	my @ids=&Apache::lonnet::current_machine_ids();