--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/07/25 15:39:41	1.22
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/08/14 21:40:46	1.23
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 # get(namesp,array)  : returns hash with keys from array filled in from namesp
 # put(namesp,hash)   : stores hash in namesp
 # dump(namesp)       : dumps the complete namespace into a hash
-# ssi(url)           : does a complete request cycle on url to localhost
+# ssi(url,hash)      : does a complete request cycle on url to localhost, posts
+#                      hash
 # repcopy(filename)  : replicate file
 # dirlist(url)       : gets a directory listing
 #
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 # 06/05,06/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Ben Tyszka
 # 06/30,07/15,07/17,07/18,07/20,07/21,07/22,07/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 08/14 Ben Tyszka
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ sub subscribe {
 
 sub repcopy {
     my $filename=shift;
+    $filename=~s/\/+/\//g;
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
@@ -360,10 +363,19 @@ sub repcopy {
 
 sub ssi {
 
-    my $fn=shift;
+    my ($fn,%form)=@_;
 
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"http://".$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.$fn);
+    
+    my $request;
+    
+    if (%form) {
+      $request=new HTTP::Request('POST',"http://".$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.$fn);
+      $request->content(join '&', map { "$_=$form{$_}" } keys %form);
+    } else {
+      $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"http://".$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.$fn);
+    }
+
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
     my $response=$ua->request($request);