--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/09 18:46:28	1.409
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/10 15:53:16	1.410
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.409 2003/09/09 18:46:28 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.410 2003/09/10 15:53:16 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3165,6 +3165,13 @@ sub dirlist {
 # when it was last modified.  It will also return an error of -1
 # if an error occurs
 
+##
+## FIXME: This subroutine assumes its caller knows something about the
+## directory structure of the home server for the student ($root).
+## Not a good assumption to make.  Since this is for looking up files
+## in user directories, the full path should be constructed by lond, not
+## whatever machine we request data from.
+##
 sub GetFileTimestamp {
     my ($studentDomain,$studentName,$filename,$root)=@_;
     $studentDomain=~s/\W//g;