--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/01/03 02:00:38	1.821
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2007/01/11 21:09:10	1.822
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.821 2007/01/03 02:00:38 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.822 2007/01/11 21:09:10 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3070,7 +3070,23 @@ sub dump {
 
 sub dumpstore {
    my ($namespace,$udomain,$uname,$regexp,$range)=@_;
-   return &dump($namespace,$udomain,$uname,$regexp,$range);
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   if ($regexp) {
+       $regexp=&escape($regexp);
+   } else {
+       $regexp='.';
+   }
+   my $rep=&reply("dump:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$regexp:$range",$uhome);
+   my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+   my %returnhash=();
+   foreach my $item (@pairs) {
+       my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$item,2);
+       next if ($key =~ /^error: 2 /);
+       $returnhash{$key}=&thaw_unescape($value);
+   }
+   return %returnhash;
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------- keys interface
@@ -3104,7 +3120,7 @@ sub currentdump {
    if ($rep eq "unknown_cmd") { 
        # an old lond will not know currentdump
        # Do a dump and make it look like a currentdump
-       my @tmp = &dump($courseid,$sdom,$sname,'.');
+       my @tmp = &dumpstore($courseid,$sdom,$sname,'.');
        return if ($tmp[0] =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
        my %hash = @tmp;
        @tmp=();
@@ -3129,6 +3145,8 @@ sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
     # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
     while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
         my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+	$symb  = &unescape($symb);
+	$param = &unescape($param);
         next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
         next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
                  exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&