--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/08/25 16:05:10	1.523.2.1
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/07/22 23:08:44	1.524
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.523.2.1 2004/08/25 16:05:10 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.524 2004/07/22 23:08:44 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1047,7 +1047,6 @@ sub currentversion {
 sub subscribe {
     my $fname=shift;
     if ($fname=~/\/(aboutme|syllabus|bulletinboard|smppg)$/) { return ''; }
-    $fname=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $author=$fname;
     $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
     my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
@@ -1068,7 +1067,6 @@ sub repcopy {
     my $filename=shift;
     $filename=~s/\/+/\//g;
     if ($filename=~/^\/home\/httpd\/html\/adm\//) { return OK; }
-    $filename=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
     my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
@@ -2593,6 +2591,30 @@ sub put {
    return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- putstore interface
+                                                                                     
+sub putstore {
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$ENV{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$ENV{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $items='';
+   my %allitems = ();
+   foreach (keys %$storehash) {
+       if ($_ =~ m/^([^\:]+):([^\:]+):([^\:]+)$/) {
+           my $key = $1.':keys:'.$2;
+           $allitems{$key} .= $3.':';
+       }
+       $items.=$_.'='.&escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+   }
+   foreach (keys %allitems) {
+       $allitems{$_} =~ s/\:$//;
+       $items.= $_.'='.$allitems{$_}.'&';
+   }
+   $items=~s/\&$//;
+   return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------ critical put interface
 
 sub cput {
@@ -5920,6 +5942,17 @@ put($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname)
 
 =item *
 
+putstore($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname) : stores hash in namesp
+keys used in storehash include version information (e.g., 1:$symb:message etc.) as
+used in records written by &store and retrieved by &restore.  This function 
+was created for use in editing discussion posts, without incrementing the
+version number included in the key for a particular post. The colon 
+separated list of attribute names (e.g., the value associated with the key 
+1:keys:$symb) is also generated and passed in the ampersand separated 
+items sent to lonnet::reply().  
+
+=item *
+
 cput($namespace,$storehash,$udom,$uname) : critical put
 ($udom and $uname are optional)