--- loncom/lond	2000/06/29 20:43:03	1.13
+++ loncom/lond	2000/07/17 21:36:33	1.17
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # 12/7,12/15,01/06,01/11,01/12,01/14,2/8,
 # 03/07,05/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Scott Harrison
-# 06/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 06/29,06/30,07/14,07/15,07/17 Gerd Kortemeyer
 #
 # based on "Perl Cookbook" ISBN 1-56592-243-3
 # preforker - server who forks first
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ sub propath {
     my ($udom,$uname)=@_;
     $udom=~s/\W//g;
     $uname=~s/\W//g;
-    my $subdir=$uname;
+    my $subdir=$uname.'__';
     $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
     my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname";
     return $proname;
@@ -333,15 +333,18 @@ sub make_new_child {
                   } else {
 		      &logthis(
  "<font color=blue>WARNING: $clientip did not reply challenge</font>");
+                      print $client "bye\n";
                   }
               } else {
 		  &logthis(
                     "<font color=blue>WARNING: "
                    ."$clientip failed to initialize: >$remotereq< </font>");
+		  print $client "bye\n";
               }
 	    } else {
               &logthis(
  "<font color=blue>WARNING: Unknown client $clientip</font>");
+              print $client "bye\n";
             }
             if ($clientok) {
 # ---------------- New known client connecting, could mean machine online again
@@ -513,6 +516,15 @@ sub make_new_child {
                                  &logthis(
                                   "LWP GET: $message for $fname ($remoteurl)");
                              } else {
+	                         if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
+                                  my $mrequest=
+                                   new HTTP::Request('GET',$remoteurl.'.meta');
+                                  my $mresponse=
+                                   $ua->request($mrequest,$fname.'.meta');
+                                  if ($mresponse->is_error()) {
+		                    unlink($fname.'.meta');
+                                  }
+	                         }
                                  rename($transname,$fname);
 			     }
                           }
@@ -952,6 +964,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
 		       } else {
                           $ulsout='no_such_dir';
                        }
+                       if ($ulsout eq '') { $ulsout='empty'; }
                        print $client "$ulsout\n";
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- unknown command
                    } else {