--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/01/18 21:15:41	1.701
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/01/21 08:27:02	1.702
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.701 2006/01/18 21:15:41 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.702 2006/01/21 08:27:02 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ sub del {
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- dump interface
 
 sub dump {
-   my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname,$regexp)=@_;
+   my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname,$regexp,$range)=@_;
    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
@@ -2802,11 +2802,11 @@ sub dump {
    } else {
        $regexp='.';
    }
-   my $rep=reply("dump:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$regexp",$uhome);
+   my $rep=reply("dump:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$regexp:$range",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
    my %returnhash=();
    foreach (@pairs) {
-      my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
+      my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_,2);
       $returnhash{unescape($key)}=&thaw_unescape($value);
    }
    return %returnhash;
@@ -7048,10 +7048,15 @@ namesp ($udom and $uname are optional)
 
 =item *
 
-dump($namespace,$udom,$uname,$regexp) : 
+dump($namespace,$udom,$uname,$regexp,$range) : 
 dumps the complete (or key matching regexp) namespace into a hash
-($udom, $uname and $regexp are optional)
+($udom, $uname, $regexp, $range are optional)
 
+$range should be either an integer '100' (give me the first 100
+                                           matching records)
+              or be  two integers sperated by a - with no spaces
+                 '30-50' (give me the 30th through the 50th matching
+                          records)
 =item *
 
 inc($namespace,$store,$udom,$uname) : increments $store in $namespace.