--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2008/02/13 14:18:59	1.230
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2008/05/12 20:59:22	1.233
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Publication Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.230 2008/02/13 14:18:59 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.233 2008/05/12 20:59:22 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ my $cudom;
 my $registered_cleanup;
 my $modified_urls;
 
+my $lock;
+
 =pod
 
 =item B<metaeval>
@@ -964,18 +966,23 @@ sub publish {
     
 	$scrout.='<h3>'.&mt('Dependencies').'</h3>';
         my $allowstr='';
-        foreach (sort(keys(%allow))) {
-	   my $thisdep=$_;
+        foreach my $thisdep (sort(keys(%allow))) {
 	   if ($thisdep !~ /[^\s]/) { next; }
+           if ($thisdep =~/\$/) {
+              $scrout.='<br /><span class="LC_warning">'
+                       .&mt('The resource depends on another resource with variable filename, i.e., [_1].','<tt>'.$thisdep.'</tt>').'<br />'
+                       .&mt('You likely need to explicitly allow access to all possible dependencies using the [_1]-tag.','<tt>&lt;allow&gt;</tt>')
+                       .'</span><br />';
+           }
            unless ($style eq 'rat') { 
               $allowstr.="\n".'<allow src="'.$thisdep.'" />';
 	   }
            $scrout.='<br />';
-           if ($thisdep!~/\*/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
+           if ($thisdep!~/[\*\$]/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
 	       $scrout.='<a href="'.$thisdep.'">';
            }
            $scrout.='<tt>'.$thisdep.'</tt>';
-           if ($thisdep!~/\*/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
+           if ($thisdep!~/[\*\$]/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
 	       $scrout.='</a>';
                if (
        &Apache::lonnet::getfile($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/'.
@@ -1739,6 +1746,7 @@ sub notify {
 	print $logfile "\n============ Done ============\n";
 	$logfile->close();
     }
+    if ($lock) { &Apache::lonnet::remove_lock($lock); }
     return OK;
 }
 
@@ -1808,7 +1816,9 @@ sub publishdirectory {
                   &checkbox('obsolete','make file(s) obsolete').
 		  &checkbox('forceoverride','force directory level catalog information over existing').
 		  '<br /><input type="submit" value="'.&mt('Publish Directory').'" /></form>');
+        $lock=0;
     } else {
+        unless ($lock) { $lock=&Apache::lonnet::set_lock('Publishing '.$fn); }
 # actually publish things
 	opendir(DIR,$fn);
 	my @files=sort(readdir(DIR));