--- loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl	2006/09/26 15:15:19	1.69
+++ loncom/metadata_database/searchcat.pl	2006/12/11 00:32:24	1.70
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # searchcat.pl "Search Catalog" batch script
 #
-# $Id: searchcat.pl,v 1.69 2006/09/26 15:15:19 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: searchcat.pl,v 1.70 2006/12/11 00:32:24 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ foreach my $dom (@domains) {
     foreach my $uname (keys(%portusers)) {
         my $urlstart = '/uploaded/'.$dom.'/'.$uname;
         my $pathstart = &propath($dom,$uname).'/userfiles';
-        my $is_course = &check_for_course($dom,$uname);
+        my $is_course = &Apache::lonnet::is_course($dom,$uname);
         my $curr_perm = &Apache::lonnet::get_portfile_permissions($dom,$uname);
         my %access = &Apache::lonnet::get_access_controls($curr_perm);
         foreach my $file (keys(%access)) { 
@@ -322,17 +322,6 @@ sub descend_tree {
     } 
 }
 
-sub check_for_course {
-    my ($cdom,$cnum) = @_;
-    my %courses = &Apache::lonnet::courseiddump($cdom,'.',1,'.','.',$cnum,undef,
-                                                undef,'.');
-    if (exists($courses{$cdom.'_'.$cnum})) {
-        return 1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
 sub process_portfolio_access_data {
     my ($url,$access_hash) = @_;
     foreach my $key (keys(%{$access_hash})) {