--- loncom/xml/scripttag.pm	2000/08/16 18:32:58	1.13
+++ loncom/xml/scripttag.pm	2000/09/14 20:57:49	1.14
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ sub start_import {
 
   $bodytext=Apache::run::evaluate($bodytext,$safeeval,$$parstack[$#$parstack]);
   my $file=&getfile($bodytext);
+  if ($file eq -1) {
+    return "<b> Unable to find <i>$bodytext</i> for import</b>";
+  }
+
   my $tempparser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$file);
   push (@$parser,$tempparser);
 
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@ sub getfile {
     &Apache::lonnet::subscribe($filename);
     &Apache::lonnet::repcopy($filename);
   }
+  if (! -e $filename ) { return -1; };
   my $fh=Apache::File->new($filename);
   while (<$fh>) {
       $a .=$_;