--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/11/16 22:00:17	1.3
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/12/22 17:18:04	1.7
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 # 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 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 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 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -54,29 +55,6 @@ sub reply {
     return $answer;
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------ Try to send delayed messages
-
-sub senddelayed {
-    my $server=shift;
-    my $dfname;
-    my $path="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed";
-    while ($dfname=<$path/*.$server>) {
-        my $wcmd;
-        {
-         my $dfh=Apache::File->new($dfname);
-         $wcmd=<$dfh>;
-        }
-        my ($server,$cmd)=split(/:/,$wcmd);
-        chomp($cmd);
-        my $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
-        if ($answer ne 'con_lost') {
-	    unlink("$dfname");
-            &logthis("Delayed $cmd to $server: $answer");
-            &logperm("S:$server:$cmd");
-        }        
-    }
-}
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- Send USR1 to lonc
 
 sub reconlonc {
@@ -106,7 +84,6 @@ sub reconlonc {
 # ------------------------------------------------------ Critical communication
 sub critical {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
-    &senddelayed($server);
     my $answer=reply($cmd,$server);
     if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
         my $pingreply=reply('ping',$server);
@@ -117,13 +94,14 @@ sub critical {
         if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
             my $now=time;
             my $middlename=$cmd;
+            $middlename=substr($middlename,0,16);
             $middlename=~s/\W//g;
             my $dfilename=
              "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$middlename.$server";
             {
              my $dfh;
              if ($dfh=Apache::File->new(">$dfilename")) {
-                print $dfh "$server:$cmd\n";
+                print $dfh "$cmd\n";
 	     }
             }
             sleep 2;
@@ -135,7 +113,7 @@ sub critical {
 	     }
             }
             chomp($wcmd);
-            if ($wcmd eq "$server:$cmd") {
+            if ($wcmd eq $cmd) {
 		&logthis("Connection buffer $dfilename: $cmd");
                 &logperm("D:$server:$cmd");
 	        return 'con_delayed';
@@ -149,6 +127,35 @@ sub critical {
     return $answer;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Append Environment
+
+sub appenv {
+    my %newenv=@_;
+    my @oldenv;
+    {
+     my $fh;
+     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error';
+     }
+     @oldenv=<$fh>;
+    }
+    for (my $i=0; $i<=$#oldenv; $i++) {
+        chomp($oldenv[$i]);
+        my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
+	$newenv{$name}=$value;
+    }
+    {
+     my $fh;
+     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error';
+     }
+     my $newname;
+     foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
+	 print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
+     }
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
 
 # ------------------------------ Find server with least workload from spare.tab
 sub spareserver {