--- loncom/xml/scripttag.pm	2000/08/11 15:22:00	1.11
+++ loncom/xml/scripttag.pm	2000/08/11 15:27:58	1.12
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ sub getfile {
   my ($filename) = @_;
   my $a="";
   
-  $filename=~ s/\s+//g;
+  $filename=~ s/^\s*(\S+)\s*$/$1/; ## strip off leading and trailing spaces
   $filename="/home/httpd/html/res".$filename;
   if (! -e $filename ) {
     &Apache::lonnet::subscribe($filename);