--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/10/23 12:21:47	1.1172.2.84
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/10/30 01:48:38	1.1172.2.85
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.84 2016/10/23 12:21:47 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.85 2016/10/30 01:48:38 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -6136,9 +6136,11 @@ sub tmpget {
     if (!defined($server)) { $server = $perlvar{'lonHostID'}; }
     my $rep=&reply("tmpget:$token",$server);
     my %returnhash;
+    if ($rep =~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+        return %returnhash;
+    }
     foreach my $item (split(/\&/,$rep)) {
 	my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$item);
-        next if ($key =~ /^error: 2 /);
 	$returnhash{&unescape($key)}=&thaw_unescape($value);
     }
     return %returnhash;