--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/12/09 16:22:06	1.458
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/01/12 19:53:54	1.460
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.458 2003/12/09 16:22:06 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.460 2004/01/12 19:53:54 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3703,12 +3703,13 @@ sub EXT {
 		    if ($$result{$courselevel}) {
 			return $$result{$courselevel}; }
 		} else {
-		    if ($tmp!~/No such file/) {
+		    #error 2 occurs when the .db doesn't exist
+		    if ($tmp!~/error: 2 /) {
 			&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
 				 " Trying to get resource data for ".
 				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 				 $tmp."</font>");
-		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error:No such file/) {
+		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
                         &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
 		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 			return $tmp;
@@ -4440,13 +4441,15 @@ sub filelocation {
 
 sub hreflocation {
     my ($dir,$file)=@_;
-    unless (($file=~/^http:\/\//i) || ($file=~/^\//)) {
-       my $finalpath=filelocation($dir,$file);
-       $finalpath=~s/^\/home\/httpd\/html//;
-       $finalpath=~s-/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
-       return $finalpath;
-    } else {
-       return $file;
+    unless (($file=~m-^http://-i) || ($file=~m-^/-)) {
+	my $finalpath=filelocation($dir,$file);
+	$finalpath=~s-^/home/httpd/html--;
+	$finalpath=~s-/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+	return $finalpath;
+    } elsif ($file=~m-^/home-) {
+	$file=~s-^/home/httpd/html--;
+	$file=~s-/home/(\w+)/public_html/-/~$1/-;
+	return $file;
     }
 }