--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/31 19:28:11	1.56
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/12/06 20:32:52	1.77
@@ -42,17 +42,28 @@
 # directcondval(index) : reading condition value of single condition from 
 #                        state string
 # condval(index)     : value of condition index based on state
-# varval(name)       : value of a variable
-# refreshstate()     : refresh the state information string
+# EXT(name)          : value of a variable
 # symblist(map,hash) : Updates symbolic storage links
 # symbread([filename]) : returns the data handle (filename optional)
-# rndseed()          : returns a random seed  
+# rndseed()          : returns a random seed 
+# receipt()          : returns a receipt to be given out to users 
 # getfile(filename)  : returns the contents of filename, or a -1 if it can't
 #                      be found, replicates and subscribes to the file
 # filelocation(dir,file) : returns a farily clean absolute reference to file 
 #                          from the directory dir
 # hreflocation(dir,file) : same as filelocation, but for hrefs
 # log(domain,user,home,msg) : write to permanent log for user
+# usection(domain,user,courseid) : output of section name/number or '' for
+#                                  "not in course" and '-1' for "no section"
+# userenvironment(domain,user,what) : puts out any environment parameter 
+#                                     for a user
+# idput(domain,hash) : writes IDs for users from hash (name=>id,name=>id)
+# idget(domain,array): returns hash with usernames (id=>name,id=>name) for
+#                      an array of IDs
+# idrget(domain,array): returns hash with IDs for usernames (name=>id,...) for
+#                       an array of names
+# metadata(file,entry): returns the metadata entry for a file. entry='keys'
+#                       returns a comma separated list of keys
 #
 # 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,
@@ -68,7 +79,9 @@
 # 10/04 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 10/04 Guy Albertelli
 # 10/06,10/09,10/10,10/11,10/14,10/20,10/23,10/25,10/26,10/27,10/28,10/29, 
-# 10/30,10/31 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/30,10/31,
+# 11/2,11/14,11/15,11/16,11/20,11/21,11/22,11/25,11/27,
+# 12/02 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -77,10 +90,11 @@ use Apache::File;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
 use vars 
-qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %spareid %hostdom %libserv %pr %prp %fe %fd $readit);
+qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %spareid %hostdom %libserv %pr %prp %fe %fd $readit %metacache);
 use IO::Socket;
 use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
+use HTML::TokeParser;
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
 
@@ -123,8 +137,7 @@ sub reply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') { $answer=subreply($cmd,$server); }
-    if (($answer=~/^error:/) || ($answer=~/^refused/) || 
-        ($answer=~/^rejected/)) {
+    if (($answer=~/^refused/) || ($answer=~/^rejected/)) {
        &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
                 " $cmd to $server returned $answer</font>");
     }
@@ -358,6 +371,111 @@ sub homeserver {
     return 'no_host';
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------- Find the usernames behind a list of IDs
+
+sub idget {
+    my ($udom,@ids)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    
+    my $tryserver;
+    foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
+       if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
+	  my $idlist=join('&',@ids);
+          $idlist=~tr/A-Z/a-z/; 
+	  my $reply=&reply("idget:$udom:".$idlist,$tryserver);
+          my @answer=();
+          if (($reply ne 'con_lost') && ($reply!~/^error\:/)) {
+	      @answer=split(/\&/,$reply);
+          }                    ;
+          my $i;
+          for ($i=0;$i<=$#ids;$i++) {
+              if ($answer[$i]) {
+		  $returnhash{$ids[$i]}=$answer[$i];
+              } 
+          }
+       }
+    }    
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------- Find the IDs behind a list of usernames
+
+sub idrget {
+    my ($udom,@unames)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    map {
+        $returnhash{$_}=(&userenvironment($udom,$_,'id'))[1];
+    } @unames;
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------- Store away a list of names and associated IDs
+
+sub idput {
+    my ($udom,%ids)=@_;
+    my %servers=();
+    map {
+        my $uhom=&homeserver($_,$udom);
+        if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
+            my $id=&escape($ids{$_});
+            $id=~tr/A-Z/a-z/;
+            my $unam=&escape($_);
+	    if ($servers{$uhom}) {
+		$servers{$uhom}.='&'.$id.'='.$unam;
+            } else {
+                $servers{$uhom}=$id.'='.$unam;
+            }
+            &critical('put:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:id='.$id,$uhom);
+        }
+    } keys %ids;
+    map {
+        &critical('idput:'.$udom.':'.$servers{$_},$_);
+    } keys %servers;
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------- Find the section of student in a course
+
+sub usection {
+    my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
+    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
+    $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+    map {
+        my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+        $key=&unescape($key);
+        if ($key=~/^$courseid(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
+            my $section=$1;
+            if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
+	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
+            my $now=time;
+            my $notactive=0;
+            if ($start) {
+		if ($now<$start) { $notactive=1; }
+            }
+            if ($end) {
+                if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
+            } 
+            unless ($notactive) { return $section; }
+        }
+    } split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
+                        &homeserver($unam,$udom)));
+    return '-1';
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
+
+sub userenvironment {
+    my ($udom,$unam,@what)=@_;
+    my %returnhash=();
+    my @answer=split(/\&/,
+                &reply('get:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':environment:'.join('&',@what),
+                      &homeserver($unam,$udom)));
+    my $i;
+    for ($i=0;$i<=$#what;$i++) {
+	$returnhash{$what[$i]}=&unescape($answer[$i]);
+    }
+    return %returnhash;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------- Subscribe to a resource, return URL if possible
 
 sub subscribe {
@@ -370,6 +488,9 @@ sub subscribe {
         return 'not_found'; 
     }
     my $answer=reply("sub:$fname",$home);
+    if (($answer eq 'con_lost') || ($answer eq 'rejected')) {
+	$answer.=' by '.$home;
+    }
     return $answer;
 }
     
@@ -381,14 +502,14 @@ sub repcopy {
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
-    if ($remoteurl eq 'con_lost') {
-	   &logthis("Subscribe returned con_lost: $filename");
+    if ($remoteurl =~ /^con_lost by/) {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
            return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'not_found') {
 	   &logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
 	   return HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
-    } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'rejected') {
-	   &logthis("Subscribe returned rejected: $filename");
+    } elsif ($remoteurl =~ /^rejected by/) {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned $remoteurl: $filename");
            return FORBIDDEN;
     } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'directory') {
            return OK;
@@ -512,9 +633,12 @@ sub restore {
 	my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
         $returnhash{&unescape($name)}=&unescape($value);
     } split(/\&/,$answer);
-    map {
-        $returnhash{$_}=$returnhash{$returnhash{'version'}.':'.$_};
-    } split(/\:/,$returnhash{$returnhash{'version'}.':keys'});
+    my $version;
+    for ($version=1;$version<=$returnhash{'version'};$version++) {
+       map {
+          $returnhash{$_}=$returnhash{$version.':'.$_};
+       } split(/\:/,$returnhash{$version.':keys'});
+    }
     return %returnhash;
 }
 
@@ -546,6 +670,9 @@ sub coursedescription {
            $returnhash{'fn'}=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/'.
 	       $ENV{'user.name'}.'_'.$cdomain.'_'.$cnum;
            $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.last_cache'}=time;
+           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.home'}=$chome;
+           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.domain'}=$cdomain;
+           $envhash{'course.'.$normalid.'.num'}=$cnum;
            &appenv(%envhash);
            return %returnhash;
        }
@@ -772,8 +899,9 @@ sub allowed {
     }
 
 # Course: uri itself is a course
-
-    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$uri}
+    my $courseuri=$uri;
+    $courseuri=~s/\_(\d)/\/$1/;
+    if ($ENV{'user.priv.'.$ENV{'request.role'}.'./'.$courseuri}
        =~/$priv\&([^\:]*)/) {
        $thisallowed.=$1;
     }
@@ -885,7 +1013,9 @@ sub allowed {
                if (($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
                 || ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
 		   if ($ENV{$prefix.'res.'.$uri.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
-                       &log('Locked by res: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
+                       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
+                            $ENV{'user.host'},
+                            'Locked by res: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
                             $cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$csec.' expire '.
                             $ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
 		       return '';
@@ -894,7 +1024,9 @@ sub allowed {
                if (($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'}=~/\,$csec\,/)
                 || ($ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.sections'} eq 'all')) {
 		   if ($ENV{'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'}>time) {
-                       &log('Locked by priv: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
+                       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},
+                            $ENV{'user.host'},
+                            'Locked by priv: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' due to '.
                             $cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$csec.' expire '.
                             $ENV{$prefix.'priv.'.$priv.'.lock.expire'});
 		       return '';
@@ -923,7 +1055,8 @@ sub allowed {
        my $rolecode=(split(/\./,$ENV{'request.role'}))[0];
        if ($ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$priv.'.roles.denied'}
 	   =~/\,$rolecode\,/) {
-           &log('Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode.' in '.
+           &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+                'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode.' in '.
                 $ENV{'request.course.id'});
            return '';
        }
@@ -942,7 +1075,8 @@ sub allowed {
 	   }
            if (join('',@content)=~
                     /\<roledeny[^\>]*\>[^\<]*$rolecode[^\<]*\<\/roledeny\>/) {
-	       &log('Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
+	       &log($ENV{'user.domain'},$ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.host'},
+                    'Denied by role: '.$priv.' for '.$uri.' as '.$rolecode);
            return '';
 
            }
@@ -962,11 +1096,6 @@ sub allowed {
    return 'F';
 }
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------- Refresh State Info
-
-sub refreshstate {
-}
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Define Role
 
 sub definerole {
@@ -1025,7 +1154,7 @@ sub fileembstyle {
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Description Text
 
-sub filedecription {
+sub filedescription {
     my $ending=shift;
     return $fd{$ending};
 }
@@ -1186,8 +1315,9 @@ sub condval {
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
 
-sub varval {
+sub EXT {
     my $varname=shift;
+    unless ($varname) { return ''; }
     my ($realm,$space,$qualifier,@therest)=split(/\./,$varname);
     my $rest;
     if ($therest[0]) {
@@ -1195,15 +1325,21 @@ sub varval {
     } else {
        $rest='';
     }
+    my $qualifierrest=$qualifier;
+    if ($rest) { $qualifierrest.='.'.$rest; }
+    my $spacequalifierrest=$space;
+    if ($qualifierrest) { $spacequalifierrest.='.'.$qualifierrest; }
     if ($realm eq 'user') {
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- user.resource
 	if ($space eq 'resource') {
+	    my %restored=&restore;
+            return $restored{$qualifierrest};
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.access
         } elsif ($space eq 'access') {
             return &allowed($qualifier,$rest);
 # ------------------------------------------ user.preferences, user.environment
         } elsif (($space eq 'preferences') || ($space eq 'environment')) {
-            return $ENV{join('.',('environment',$qualifier,$rest))};
+            return $ENV{join('.',('environment',$qualifierrest))};
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- user.course
         } elsif ($space eq 'course') {
             return $ENV{join('.',('request.course',$qualifier))};
@@ -1231,33 +1367,107 @@ sub varval {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------- request.browser
         if ($space eq 'browser') {
 	    return $ENV{'browser.'.$qualifier};
-        } elsif ($space eq 'filename') {
-            return $ENV{'request.filename'};
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ request.filename
+        } else {
+            return $ENV{'request.'.$spacequalifierrest};
         }
     } elsif ($realm eq 'course') {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- course.description
-        if ($space eq 'description') {
-            my %reply=&coursedescription($ENV{'request.course.id'});
-            return $reply{'description'};
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------- course.id
-        } elsif ($space eq 'id') {
-            return $ENV{'request.course.id'};
-# -------------------------------------------------- Any other course namespace
-        } else {
-	    my ($cdom,$cnam)=split(/\_/,$ENV{'request.course.id'});
-	    my $chome=&homeserver($cnam,$cdom);
-            my $item=join('.',($qualifier,$rest));
-            return &unescape
-                   (&reply('get:'.$cdom.':'.$cnam.':'.&escape($space).':'.
-			   &escape($item),$chome));
+        my $section='';
+        if ($ENV{'request.course.sec'}) {
+	    $section='_'.$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
         }
-    } elsif ($realm eq 'userdata') {
-        my $uhome=&homeserver($qualifier,$space);
-# ----------------------------------------------- userdata.domain.name.resource
+        return $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.$section.'.'.
+                              $spacequalifierrest};
+    } elsif ($realm eq 'resource') {
+      if ($ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+# ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
+       my $symbp=&symbread();
+       my $mapp=(split(/\_\_\_/,$symbp))[0];
+
+       my $symbparm=$symbp.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+       my $mapparm=$mapp.'___(all).'.$spacequalifierrest;
+
+       my $seclevel=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
+		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
+       my $seclevelr=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
+		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$symbparm;
+       my $seclevelm=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.['.
+		$ENV{'request.course.sec'}.'].'.$mapparm;
+
+       my $courselevel=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$spacequalifierrest;
+       my $courselevelr=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$symbparm;
+       my $courselevelm=
+            $ENV{'request.course.id'}.'.'.$mapparm;
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
+      my %resourcedata=get('resourcedata',
+                           ($courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel));
+      if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^error\:/) {
+
+       if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) { 
+          return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
+       if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) { 
+          return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
+       if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) { return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+
+      }
+# -------------------------------------------------------- second, check course
+        my $section='';
+        if ($ENV{'request.course.sec'}) {
+	    $section='_'.$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
+        }
+        my $reply=&reply('get:'.
+              $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.$section.'.domain'}.':'.
+              $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.$section.'.num'}.
+              ':resourcedata:'.
+ escape($seclevelr).':'.escape($seclevelm).':'.escape($seclevel).':'.
+ escape($courselevelr).':'.escape($courselevelm).':'.escape($courselevel),
+		   $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.$section.'.home'});
+      if ($reply!~/^error\:/) {
+        map {
+           my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+           $resourcedata{unescape($name)}=unescape($value);  
+        } split(/\&/,$reply);
+
+       if ($resourcedata{$seclevelr}) { return $resourcedata{$seclevelr}; }
+       if ($resourcedata{$seclevelm}) { return $resourcedata{$seclevelm}; }  
+       if ($resourcedata{$seclevel}) { return $resourcedata{$seclevel}; }
+
+       if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) { 
+          return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
+       if ($resourcedata{$courselevelm}) { 
+          return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
+       if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) { return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
+
+      }
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
+       my %parmhash=();
+       my $thisparm='';       
+       if (tie(%parmhash,'GDBM_File',
+          $ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_parms.db',&GDBM_READER,0640)) {
+           $thisparm=$parmhash{$symbparm};
+	   untie(%parmhash);
+       }
+       if ($thisparm) { return $thisparm; }
+     }
+     
+# --------------------------------------------- last, look in resource metadata
+
+      my $metadata=&metadata($ENV{'request.filename'},$spacequalifierrest);
+      if ($metadata) { return $metadata; }
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Any other user namespace
     } elsif ($realm eq 'environment') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- environment
-        return $ENV{join('.',($space,$qualifier,$rest))};
+        return $ENV{$spacequalifierrest};
     } elsif ($realm eq 'system') {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- system.time
 	if ($space eq 'time') {
@@ -1267,6 +1477,43 @@ sub varval {
     return '';
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get metadata
+
+sub metadata {
+    my ($uri,$what)=@_;
+    $uri=&declutter($uri);
+    my $filename=$uri;
+    $uri=~s/\.meta$//;
+    unless ($metacache{$uri.':keys'}) {
+        unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
+	my $metastring=&getfile($perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/res/'.$filename);
+        my $parser=HTML::TokeParser->new(\$metastring);
+        my $token;
+        while ($token=$parser->get_token) {
+           if ($token->[0] eq 'S') {
+	      my $entry=$token->[1];
+              my $unikey=$entry;
+              if (defined($token->[2]->{'part'})) { 
+                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'part'}; 
+	      }
+              if (defined($token->[2]->{'name'})) { 
+                 $unikey.='_'.$token->[2]->{'name'}; 
+	      }
+              if ($metacache{$uri.':keys'}) {
+                 $metacache{$uri.':keys'}.=','.$unikey;
+              } else {
+                 $metacache{$uri.':keys'}=$unikey;
+	      }
+              map {
+		  $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey.'.'.$_}=$token->[2]->{$_};
+              } @{$token->[3]};
+              $metacache{$uri.':'.$unikey}=$parser->get_text('/'.$entry);
+          }
+       }
+    }
+    return $metacache{$uri.':'.$what};
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Update symbolic store links
 
 sub symblist {
@@ -1319,6 +1566,9 @@ sub symbread {
                             &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
 # ---------------------------------------------- Get ID(s) for current resource
               my $ids=$bighash{'ids_/res/'.$thisfn};
+              unless ($ids) { 
+                 $ids=$bighash{'ids_/'.$thisfn};
+              }
               if ($ids) {
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------- Has ID(s)
                  my @possibilities=split(/\,/,$ids);
@@ -1346,7 +1596,9 @@ sub symbread {
               untie(%bighash)
            } 
         }
-        if ($syval) { return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; }
+        if ($syval) {
+           return $syval.'___'.$thisfn; 
+        }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
     return '';
@@ -1381,6 +1633,27 @@ sub rndseed {
                .$symbchck);
 }
 
+sub ireceipt {
+    my ($funame,$fudom,$fucourseid,$fusymb)=@_;
+    my $cuname=unpack("%32C*",$funame);
+    my $cudom=unpack("%32C*",$fudom);
+    my $cucourseid=unpack("%32C*",$fucourseid);
+    my $cusymb=unpack("%32C*",$fusymb);
+    my $cunique=unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonReceipt'});
+    return unpack("%32C*",$perlvar{'lonHostID'}).'-'.
+           ($cunique%$cuname+
+            $cunique%$cudom+
+            $cusymb%$cuname+
+            $cusymb%$cudom+
+            $cucourseid%$cuname+
+            $cucourseid%$cudom);
+}
+
+sub receipt {
+    return &ireceipt($ENV{'user.name'},$ENV{'user.domain'},
+                     $ENV{'request.course.id'},&symbread());
+}
+  
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Serves up a file
 # returns either the contents of the file or a -1
 sub getfile {
@@ -1397,12 +1670,17 @@ sub filelocation {
   my ($dir,$file) = @_;
   my $location;
   $file=~ s/^\s*(\S+)\s*$/$1/; ## strip off leading and trailing spaces
-  $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
-  $file=~s:^/*res::;
-  if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
-    $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
+  if ($file=~m:^/~:) { # is a contruction space reference
+    $location = $file;
+    $location =~ s:/~(.*?)/(.*):/home/$1/public_html/$2:;
   } else {
-    $location = '/home/httpd/html/res'.$file;
+    $file=~s/^$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}//;
+    $file=~s:^/*res::;
+    if ( !( $file =~ m:^/:) ) {
+      $location = $dir. '/'.$file;
+    } else {
+      $location = '/home/httpd/html/res'.$file;
+    }
   }
   $location=~s://+:/:g; # remove duplicate /
   while ($location=~m:/\.\./:) {$location=~ s:/[^/]+/\.\./:/:g;} #remove dir/..
@@ -1522,6 +1800,7 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
     }
 }
 
+%metacache=();
 
 $readit='done';
 &logthis('<font color=yellow>INFO: Read configuration</font>');