--- loncom/lond	2000/12/05 03:24:48	1.22
+++ loncom/lond	2000/12/05 19:03:13	1.25
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # 03/07,05/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Scott Harrison
 # 06/29,06/30,07/14,07/15,07/17,07/20,07/25,09/18 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 12/05 Scott Harrison
+# 12/05 Gerd Kortemeyer
 #
 # based on "Perl Cookbook" ISBN 1-56592-243-3
 # preforker - server who forks first
@@ -25,6 +27,34 @@ use LWP::UserAgent();
 use GDBM_File;
 use Authen::Krb4;
 
+# grabs exception and records it to log before exiting
+sub catchexception {
+    my ($signal)=@_;
+    $SIG{'QUIT'}='DEFAULT';
+    $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
+    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
+     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $wasserver died through "
+     ."$signal with this parameter->[$@]</font>");
+    if ($client) { print $client "error: $@\n"; }
+    die($@);
+}
+
+# grabs exception and records it to log before exiting
+# NOTE: we must NOT use the regular (non-overrided) die function in
+# the code because a handler CANNOT be attached to it
+# (despite what some of the documentation says about SIG{__DIE__}.
+
+sub catchdie {
+    my ($message)=@_;
+    $SIG{'QUIT'}='DEFAULT';
+    $SIG{__DIE__}='DEFAULT';
+    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
+     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $wasserver died through "
+     ."\_\_DIE\_\_ with this parameter->[$message]</font>");
+    if ($client) { print $client "error: $message\n"; }
+    die($message);
+}
+
 # -------------------------------- Set signal handlers to record abnormal exits
 
 $SIG{'QUIT'}=\&catchexception;
@@ -529,7 +559,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
                              $response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
 			      }
                              if ($response->is_error()) {
-				 unline($transname);
+				 unlink($transname);
                                  my $message=$response->status_line;
                                  &logthis(
                                   "LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
@@ -576,8 +606,11 @@ sub make_new_child {
                          } else {
                            $now=time;
                            { 
-                            my $sh=IO::File->new(">$fname.$hostid{$clientip}");
-                            print $sh "$clientip:$now\n";
+			    my sh;
+                            if ($sh=
+                             IO::File->new(">$fname.$hostid{$clientip}")) {
+                               print $sh "$clientip:$now\n";
+			    }
 			   }
                            $fname=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res/raw/;
                            $fname="http://$thisserver/".$fname;
@@ -1014,26 +1047,6 @@ sub make_new_child {
     }
 }
 
-# grabs exception and records it to log before exiting
-sub catchexception {
-    my ($signal)=@_;
-    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
-     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $wasserver died through "
-     ."$signal with this parameter->[$@]</font>");
-    die($@);
-}
-
-# grabs exception and records it to log before exiting
-# NOTE: we must NOT use the regular (non-overrided) die function in
-# the code because a handler CANNOT be attached to it
-# (despite what some of the documentation says about SIG{__DIE__}.
-sub catchdie {
-    my ($message)=@_;
-    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: "
-     ."ABNORMAL EXIT. Child $$ for server $wasserver died through "
-     ."\_\_DIE\_\_ with this parameter->[$message]</font>");
-    die($message);
-}