--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/07/04 15:47:18	1.250
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/07/17 18:01:33	1.252
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.250 2002/07/04 15:47:18 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.252 2002/07/17 18:01:33 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2278,25 +2278,17 @@ sub courseresdata {
 	if (time-$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}>300) { $dodump=1; }
     }
     if ($dodump) {
-	my $coursehom=&homeserver($coursenum,$coursedomain);
-	if ($coursehom) {
-	    my $dumpreply=&reply('dump:'.$coursedomain.':'.$coursenum.
-				 ':resourcedata:.',$coursehom);
-	    if ($dumpreply!~/^error\:/) {
-		$courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
-		$courseresdatacache{$hashid}=$dumpreply;
-	    }
+	my %dumpreply=&dump('resourcedata',$coursedomain,$coursenum);
+	my ($tmp) = keys(%dumpreply);
+	if ($tmp !~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid.'.time'}=time;
+	    $courseresdatacache{$hashid}=\%dumpreply;
 	}
     }
-    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$courseresdatacache{$hashid});
-    my %returnhash=();
-    foreach (@pairs) {
-	my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-	$returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
-    }
-    my $item;
-    foreach $item (@which) {
-	if ($returnhash{$item}) { return $returnhash{$item}; }
+    foreach my $item (@which) {
+	if ($courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item}) {
+	    return $courseresdatacache{$hashid}->{$item};
+	}
     }
     return '';
 }
@@ -2956,13 +2948,17 @@ BEGIN {
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
        chomp($configline);
        my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip,$domdescr)=split(/:/,$configline);
-       $hostname{$id}=$name;
-       $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
-       $hostip{$id}=$ip;
-       if ($domdescr) {
-	   $domaindescription{$domain}=$domdescr;
+       if ($id && $domain && $role && $name && $ip) {
+	 $hostname{$id}=$name;
+	 $hostdom{$id}=$domain;
+	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
+	 if ($domdescr) { $domaindescription{$domain}=$domdescr; }
+	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
+       } else {
+	 if ($configline) {
+	   &logthis("Skipping hosts.tab line -$configline-");
+	 }
        }
-       if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
     }
 }