--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/11/22 20:09:22	1.177
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/11/29 21:54:56	1.179
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.179 2001/11/29 21:54:56 www Exp $
+#
+# Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
+#
+# This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
+#
+# LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+# /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
+#
+# http://www.lon-capa.org/
+#
 # 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
 # 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
 # 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22,
@@ -35,9 +59,9 @@
 # 8/4,8/7,8/8,8/9,8/11,8/16,8/17,8/18,8/20,8/23,9/20,9/21,9/26,
 # 10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/5,10/10,11/13,11/15 Scott Harrison
-# 11/17,11/20,11/22 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 11/17,11/20,11/22,11/29 Gerd Kortemeyer
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.177 2001/11/22 20:09:22 www Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.179 2001/11/29 21:54:56 www Exp $
 #
 ###
 
@@ -2385,6 +2409,7 @@ sub symblist {
 sub symbread {
     my $thisfn=shift;
     unless ($thisfn) {
+        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) { return $ENV{'request.symb'}; }
 	$thisfn=$ENV{'request.filename'};
     }
     $thisfn=declutter($thisfn);
@@ -2581,8 +2606,7 @@ sub unescape {
 
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
-sub BEGIN {
-unless ($readit) {
+BEGIN {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Read access.conf
 {
     my $config=Apache::File->new("/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf");
@@ -2682,5 +2706,5 @@ $readit='done';
 &logtouch();
 &logthis('<font color=yellow>INFO: Read configuration</font>');
 }
-}
+
 1;