--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/08/27 21:09:22	1.534
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2004/11/02 23:22:47	1.558
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.534 2004/08/27 21:09:22 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.558 2004/11/02 23:22:47 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badSer
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab %titlecache %courseresversioncache %resversioncache
    %courselogs %accesshash %userrolehash $processmarker $dumpcount 
    %coursedombuf %coursenumbuf %coursehombuf %coursedescrbuf %courseinstcodebuf %courseresdatacache 
-   %userresdatacache %usectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
+   %userresdatacache %getsectioncache %domaindescription %domain_auth_def %domain_auth_arg_def 
    %domain_lang_def %domain_city %domain_longi %domain_lati $tmpdir);
 
 use IO::Socket;
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ use GDBM_File;
 use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
 use HTML::LCParser;
 use Fcntl qw(:flock);
-use Apache::loncoursedata;
 use Apache::lonlocal;
-use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw);
-use Time::HiRes();
+use Storable qw(lock_store lock_nstore lock_retrieve freeze thaw nfreeze);
+use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday tv_interval );
 my $readit;
+my $max_connection_retries = 10;     # Or some such value.
 
 =pod
 
@@ -116,14 +116,40 @@ sub logperm {
 sub subreply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server";
-    my $client=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
-                                     Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
-                                     Timeout => 10)
-       or return "con_lost";
-    print $client "$cmd\n";
-    my $answer=<$client>;
-    if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
-    chomp($answer);
+    #
+    #  With loncnew process trimming, there's a timing hole between lonc server
+    #  process exit and the master server picking up the listen on the AF_UNIX
+    #  socket.  In that time interval, a lock file will exist:
+
+    my $lockfile=$peerfile.".lock";
+    while (-e $lockfile) {	# Need to wait for the lockfile to disappear.
+	sleep(1);
+    }
+    # At this point, either a loncnew parent is listening or an old lonc
+    # or loncnew child is listening so we can connect or everything's dead.
+    #
+    #   We'll give the connection a few tries before abandoning it.  If
+    #   connection is not possible, we'll con_lost back to the client.
+    #   
+    my $client;
+    for (my $retries = 0; $retries < $max_connection_retries; $retries++) {
+	$client=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Peer    =>"$peerfile",
+				      Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
+				      Timeout => 10);
+	if($client) {
+	    last;		# Connected!
+	}
+	sleep(1);		# Try again later if failed connection.
+    }
+    my $answer;
+    if ($client) {
+	print $client "$cmd\n";
+	$answer=<$client>;
+	if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
+	chomp($answer);
+    } else {
+	$answer = 'con_lost';	# Failed connection.
+    }
     return $answer;
 }
 
@@ -434,7 +460,7 @@ sub overloaderror {
     if ($overload>0) {
 	$r->err_headers_out->{'Retry-After'}=$overload;
         $r->log_error('Overload of '.$overload.' on '.$checkserver);
-        return 409;
+        return 413;
     }    
     return '';
 }
@@ -771,6 +797,11 @@ sub getsection {
     my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
     $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
     $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
+
+    my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
+    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%getsectioncache,$hashid,'getsection');
+    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
+
     my %Pending; 
     my %Expired;
     #
@@ -795,29 +826,29 @@ sub getsection {
         if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
         my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
         my $now=time;
-        if (defined($end) && ($now > $end)) {
+        if (defined($end) && $end && ($now > $end)) {
             $Expired{$end}=$section;
             next;
         }
-        if (defined($start) && ($now < $start)) {
+        if (defined($start) && $start && ($now < $start)) {
             $Pending{$start}=$section;
             next;
         }
-        return $section;
+        return &do_cache(\%getsectioncache,$hashid,$section,'getsection');
     }
     #
     # Presumedly there will be few matching roles from the above
     # loop and the sorting time will be negligible.
     if (scalar(keys(%Pending))) {
         my ($time) = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Pending);
-        return $Pending{$time};
+        return &do_cache(\%getsectioncache,$hashid,$Pending{$time},'getsection');
     } 
     if (scalar(keys(%Expired))) {
         my @sorted = sort {$a <=> $b} keys(%Expired);
         my $time = pop(@sorted);
-        return $Expired{$time};
+        return &do_cache(\%getsectioncache,$hashid,$Expired{$time},'getsection');
     }
-    return '-1';
+    return &do_cache(\%getsectioncache,$hashid,'-1','getsection');
 }
 
 
@@ -826,10 +857,12 @@ my $disk_caching_disabled=1;
 sub devalidate_cache {
     my ($cache,$id,$name) = @_;
     delete $$cache{$id.'.time'};
+    delete $$cache{$id.'.file'};
     delete $$cache{$id};
-    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    if (1 || $disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
     my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
-    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    if (!-e $filename) { return; }
+    open(DB,">$filename.lock");
     flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
     my %hash;
     if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
@@ -856,16 +889,32 @@ sub is_cached {
     my ($cache,$id,$name,$time) = @_;
     if (!$time) { $time=300; }
     if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
-	&load_cache_item($cache,$name,$id);
+	&load_cache_item($cache,$name,$id,$time);
     }
     if (!exists($$cache{$id.'.time'})) {
 #	&logthis("Didn't find $id");
 	return (undef,undef);
     } else {
 	if (time-($$cache{$id.'.time'})>$time) {
-#	    &logthis("Devalidating $id - ".time-($$cache{$id.'.time'}));
-	    &devalidate_cache($cache,$id,$name);
-	    return (undef,undef);
+	    if (exists($$cache{$id.'.file'})) {
+		foreach my $filename (@{ $$cache{$id.'.file'} }) {
+		    my $mtime=(stat($filename))[9];
+		    #+1 is to take care of edge effects
+		    if ($mtime && (($mtime+1) < ($$cache{$id.'.time'}))) {
+#			&logthis("Upping $mtime - ".$$cache{$id.'.time'}.
+#				 "$id because of $filename");
+		    } else {
+			&logthis("Devalidating $filename $id - ".(time-($$cache{$id.'.time'})));
+			&devalidate_cache($cache,$id,$name);
+			return (undef,undef);
+		    }
+		}
+		$$cache{$id.'.time'}=time;
+	    } else {
+#		&logthis("Devalidating $id - ".time-($$cache{$id.'.time'}));
+		&devalidate_cache($cache,$id,$name);
+		return (undef,undef);
+	    }
 	}
     }
     return ($$cache{$id},1);
@@ -881,44 +930,69 @@ sub do_cache {
     $$cache{$id};
 }
 
+my %do_save_item;
+my %do_save;
 sub save_cache_item {
     my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
     if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
-    my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
-#    &logthis("Saving :$name:$id");
-    my %hash;
-    my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
-    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
-    flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
-    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
-	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
-	    $hash{$id.'.time'}=$$cache{$id.'.time'};
-	    $hash{$id}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id}});
+    $do_save{$name}=$cache;
+    if (!exists($do_save_item{$name})) { $do_save_item{$name}={} }
+    $do_save_item{$name}->{$id}=1;
+    return;
+}
+
+sub save_cache {
+    if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
+    my ($cache,$name,$id);
+    foreach $name (keys(%do_save)) {
+	$cache=$do_save{$name};
+
+	my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
+	&logthis("Saving :$name:");
+	my %hash;
+	my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
+	open(DB,">$filename.lock");
+	flock(DB,LOCK_EX);
+	if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
+	    foreach $id (keys(%{ $do_save_item{$name} })) {
+		eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
+		$hash{$id.'.time'}=$$cache{$id.'.time'};
+		$hash{$id}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id}});
+		if (exists($$cache{$id.'.file'})) {
+		    $hash{$id.'.file'}=freeze({'item'=>$$cache{$id.'.file'}});
+		}
 EVALBLOCK
-        if ($@) {
-	    &logthis("<font color='red'>save_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
-	    unlink($filename);
-	}
-    } else {
-	if (-e $filename) {
-	    &logthis("Unable to tie hash (save cache item): $name ($!)");
-	    unlink($filename);
+                if ($@) {
+		    &logthis("<font color='red'>save_cache blew up :$@:$name</font>");
+		    unlink($filename);
+		    last;
+		}
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    if (-e $filename) {
+		&logthis("Unable to tie hash (save cache): $name ($!)");
+		unlink($filename);
+	    }
 	}
+	untie(%hash);
+	flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
+	close(DB);
+	&logthis("save_cache $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
     }
-    untie(%hash);
-    flock(DB,LOCK_UN);
-    close(DB);
-#    &logthis("save_cache_item $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
+    undef(%do_save);
+    undef(%do_save_item);
+
 }
 
 sub load_cache_item {
-    my ($cache,$name,$id)=@_;
+    my ($cache,$name,$id,$time)=@_;
     if ($disk_caching_disabled) { return; }
     my $starttime=&Time::HiRes::time();
 #    &logthis("Before Loading $name  for $id size is ".scalar(%$cache));
     my %hash;
     my $filename=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}.'/tmp/lonnet_internal_cache_'.$name.".db";
-    open(DB,"$filename.lock");
+    if (!-e $filename) { return; }
+    open(DB,">$filename.lock");
     flock(DB,LOCK_SH);
     if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$filename,&GDBM_READER(),0640)) {
 	eval <<'EVALBLOCK';
@@ -935,9 +1009,17 @@ sub load_cache_item {
 		}
 #	    &logthis("Initial load: $count");
 	    } else {
-		my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id});
-		$$cache{$id}=$hashref->{'item'};
-		$$cache{$id.'.time'}=$hash{$id.'.time'};
+		if (($$cache{$id.'.time'}+$time) < time) {
+		    $$cache{$id.'.time'}=$hash{$id.'.time'};
+		    {
+			my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id});
+			$$cache{$id}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		    }
+		    if (exists($hash{$id.'.file'})) {
+			my $hashref=thaw($hash{$id.'.file'});
+			$$cache{$id.'.file'}=$hashref->{'item'};
+		    }
+		}
 	    }
 EVALBLOCK
         if ($@) {
@@ -957,38 +1039,6 @@ EVALBLOCK
 #    &logthis("load_cache_item $name took ".(&Time::HiRes::time()-$starttime));
 }
 
-sub usection {
-    my ($udom,$unam,$courseid)=@_;
-    my $hashid="$udom:$unam:$courseid";
-    
-    my ($result,$cached)=&is_cached(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'usection');
-    if (defined($cached)) { return $result; }
-    $courseid=~s/\_/\//g;
-    $courseid=~s/^(\w)/\/$1/;
-    foreach (split(/\&/,&reply('dump:'.$udom.':'.$unam.':roles',
-                        &homeserver($unam,$udom)))) {
-        my ($key,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
-        $key=&unescape($key);
-        if ($key=~/^\Q$courseid\E(?:\/)*(\w+)*\_st$/) {
-            my $section=$1;
-            if ($key eq $courseid.'_st') { $section=''; }
-	    my ($dummy,$end,$start)=split(/\_/,&unescape($value));
-            my $now=time;
-            my $notactive=0;
-            if ($start) {
-		if ($now<$start) { $notactive=1; }
-            }
-            if ($end) {
-                if ($now>$end) { $notactive=1; }
-            } 
-            unless ($notactive) {
-		return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,$section,'usection');
-	    }
-        }
-    }
-    return &do_cache(\%usectioncache,$hashid,'-1','usection');
-}
-
 # ------------------------------------- Read an entry from a user's environment
 
 sub userenvironment {
@@ -1067,7 +1117,12 @@ sub subscribe {
 sub repcopy {
     my $filename=shift;
     $filename=~s/\/+/\//g;
-    if ($filename=~/^\/home\/httpd\/html\/adm\//) { return OK; }
+    if ($filename=~m|^/home/httpd/html/adm/|) { return OK; }
+    if ($filename=~m|^/home/httpd/html/lonUsers/|) { return OK; }
+    if ($filename=~m|^/home/httpd/html/userfiles/| or
+	$filename=~m|^/*uploaded/|) { 
+	return &repcopy_userfile($filename);
+    }
     $filename=~s/[\n\r]//g;
     my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
     if ((-e $filename) || (-e $transname)) { return OK; }
@@ -1279,6 +1334,9 @@ sub clean_filename {
     $fname=~s/\s+/\_/g;
 # Replace all other weird characters by nothing
     $fname=~s/[^\w\.\-]//g;
+# Replace all .\d. sequences with _\d. so they no longer look like version
+# numbers
+    $fname=~s/\.(\d+)(?=\.)/_$1/g;
     return $fname;
 }
 
@@ -1814,6 +1872,7 @@ sub devalidate {
         # - the student level sheet of this user in course's homespace
         # - the assessment level sheet for this resource 
         #   for this user in user's homespace
+	# - current conditional state info
 	my $key=$uname.':'.$udom.':';
         my $status=
 	    &del('nohist_calculatedsheets',
@@ -1828,6 +1887,7 @@ sub devalidate {
                     $uname.' at '.$udom.' for '.
 		    $symb.': '.$status);
         }
+	&delenv('user.state.'.$cid);
     }
 }
 
@@ -2409,7 +2469,6 @@ sub rolesinit {
         my $author=0;
         foreach (keys %allroles) {
             %thesepriv=();
-            if (($_!~/^st/) && ($_!~/^ta/) && ($_!~/^cm/)) { $adv=1; }
             if (($_=~/^au/) || ($_=~/^ca/)) { $author=1; }
             foreach (split(/:/,$allroles{$_})) {
                 if ($_ ne '') {
@@ -2421,6 +2480,7 @@ sub rolesinit {
 			    $thesepriv{$privilege}.=$restrictions;
                         }
                     }
+		    if ($thesepriv{'adv'} eq 'F') { $adv=1; }
                 }
             }
             $thesestr='';
@@ -2455,7 +2515,7 @@ sub get {
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {
-      $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
+      $returnhash{$_}=&thaw_unescape($pairs[$i]);
       $i++;
    }
    return %returnhash;
@@ -2494,7 +2554,7 @@ sub dump {
    my %returnhash=();
    foreach (@pairs) {
       my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
-      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=unescape($value);
+      $returnhash{unescape($key)}=&thaw_unescape($value);
    }
    return %returnhash;
 }
@@ -2540,7 +2600,7 @@ sub currentdump {
            my ($key,$value)=split(/=/,$_);
            my ($symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
            $returnhash{&unescape($symb)}->{&unescape($param)} = 
-                                                          &unescape($value);
+                                                        &thaw_unescape($value);
        }
    }
    return %returnhash;
@@ -2606,7 +2666,7 @@ sub put {
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-       $items.=&escape($_).'='.&escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+       $items.=&escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
    return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -2645,7 +2705,7 @@ sub cput {
    my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
    my $items='';
    foreach (keys %$storehash) {
-       $items.=escape($_).'='.escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
+       $items.=escape($_).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$_}).'&';
    }
    $items=~s/\&$//;
    return &critical("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
@@ -2668,7 +2728,7 @@ sub eget {
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {
-      $returnhash{$_}=unescape($pairs[$i]);
+      $returnhash{$_}=&thaw_unescape($pairs[$i]);
       $i++;
    }
    return %returnhash;
@@ -2715,7 +2775,9 @@ sub allowed {
     $uri=&deversion($uri);
     my $orguri=$uri;
     $uri=&declutter($uri);
-
+    
+    
+    
     if (defined($ENV{'allowed.'.$priv})) { return $ENV{'allowed.'.$priv}; }
 # Free bre access to adm and meta resources
     if (((($uri=~/^adm\//) && ($uri !~ m|/bulletinboard$|)) 
@@ -2723,6 +2785,13 @@ sub allowed {
 	return 'F';
     }
 
+# Free bre access to user's own portfolio contents
+    my ($space,$domain,$name,$dir)=split('/',$uri);
+    if (('uploaded' eq $space) && ($ENV{'user.name'} eq $name) && 
+	($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $domain) && ('portfolio' eq $dir)) {
+        return 'F';
+    }
+
 # Free bre to public access
 
     if ($priv eq 'bre') {
@@ -3124,8 +3193,10 @@ sub log_query {
 sub fetch_enrollment_query {
     my ($context,$affiliatesref,$replyref,$dom,$cnum) = @_;
     my $homeserver;
+    my $maxtries = 1;
     if ($context eq 'automated') {
         $homeserver = $perlvar{'lonHostID'};
+        $maxtries = 10; # will wait for up to 2000s for retrieval of classlist data before timeout
     } else {
         $homeserver = &homeserver($cnum,$dom);
     }
@@ -3143,8 +3214,13 @@ sub fetch_enrollment_query {
         return 'error: '.$queryid;
     }
     my $reply = &get_query_reply($queryid);
+    my $tries = 1;
+    while (($reply=~/^timeout/) && ($tries < $maxtries)) {
+        $reply = &get_query_reply($queryid);
+        $tries ++;
+    }
     if ( ($reply =~/^timeout/) || ($reply =~/^error/) ) {
-        &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query error: '.$reply.' for '.$dom.' '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' for '.$queryid.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum);
+        &logthis('fetch_enrollment_query error: '.$reply.' for '.$dom.' '.$ENV{'user.name'}.' for '.$queryid.' context: '.$context.' '.$cnum.' maxtries: '.$maxtries.' tries: '.$tries);
     } else {
         my @responses = split/:/,$reply;
         if ($homeserver eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) {
@@ -3551,8 +3627,7 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
         $gene   = $tmp{'generation'} if (!defined($gene)   || $gene eq '');
         $uid    = $tmp{'id'}         if (!defined($uid)    || $uid  eq '');
     }
-    my $fullname = &Apache::loncoursedata::ProcessFullName($last,$gene,
-                                                           $first,$middle);
+    my $fullname = &format_name($first,$middle,$last,$gene,'lastname');
     my $reply=cput('classlist',
 		   {"$uname:$udom" => 
 			join(':',$end,$start,$uid,$usec,$fullname,$type,$locktype) },
@@ -3569,6 +3644,25 @@ sub modify_student_enrollment {
     return &assignrole($udom,$uname,$uurl,'st',$end,$start);
 }
 
+sub format_name {
+    my ($firstname,$middlename,$lastname,$generation,$first)=@_;
+    my $name;
+    if ($first ne 'lastname') {
+	$name=$firstname.' '.$middlename.' '.$lastname.' '.$generation;
+    } else {
+	if ($lastname=~/\S/) {
+	    $name.= $lastname.' '.$generation.', '.$firstname.' '.$middlename;
+	    $name=~s/\s+,/,/;
+	} else {
+	    $name.= $firstname.' '.$middlename.' '.$generation;
+	}
+    }
+    $name=~s/^\s+//;
+    $name=~s/\s+$//;
+    $name=~s/\s+/ /g;
+    return $name;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------------------------- Write to course preferences
 
 sub writecoursepref {
@@ -3680,10 +3774,10 @@ sub revokecustomrole {
 }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ Disk usage
-sub diskusage{
+sub diskusage {
     my ($udom,$uname,$directoryRoot)=@_;
     $directoryRoot =~ s/\/$//;
-    my $listing=reply('du:'.$directoryRoot,homeserver($uname,$udom))
+    my $listing=&reply('du:'.$directoryRoot,homeserver($uname,$udom));
     return $listing;
 }
 
@@ -3796,6 +3890,9 @@ sub GetFileTimestamp {
 
 sub directcondval {
     my $number=shift;
+    if (!defined($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}})) {
+	&Apache::lonuserstate::evalstate();
+    }
     if ($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}}) {
        return substr($ENV{'user.state.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}},$number,1);
     } else {
@@ -4021,11 +4118,14 @@ sub EXT {
 
 	my $section;
 	if (defined($courseid) && $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
+	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
+	}
+	if ($symbparm && defined($courseid) && 
+	    $courseid eq $ENV{'request.course.id'}) {
 
 	    #print '<br>'.$space.' - '.$qualifier.' - '.$spacequalifierrest;
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- Cascading lookup scheme
-	    if (!$symbparm) { $symbparm=&symbread(); }
 	    my $symbp=$symbparm;
 	    my $mapp=(&decode_symb($symbp))[0];
 
@@ -4036,11 +4136,11 @@ sub EXT {
 		($ENV{'user.domain'} eq $udom)) {
 		$section=$ENV{'request.course.sec'};
 	    } else {
-                if (! defined($usection)) {
-                    $section=&usection($udom,$uname,$courseid);
-                } else {
-                    $section = $usection;
-                }
+		if (! defined($usection)) {
+		    $section=&getsection($udom,$uname,$courseid);
+		} else {
+		    $section = $usection;
+		}
 	    }
 
 	    my $seclevel=$courseid.'.['.$section.'].'.$spacequalifierrest;
@@ -4078,7 +4178,7 @@ sub EXT {
 				 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 				 $tmp."</font>");
 		    } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
-                        &EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
+			&EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
 		    } elsif ($tmp =~ /^(con_lost|no_such_host)/) {
 			return $tmp;
 		    }
@@ -4088,10 +4188,10 @@ sub EXT {
 # -------------------------------------------------------- second, check course
 
 	    my $coursereply=&courseresdata($ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'},
-					  $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'},
-					  ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
-					   $courselevelr,$courselevelm,
-					   $courselevel));
+					   $ENV{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'},
+					   ($seclevelr,$seclevelm,$seclevel,
+					    $courselevelr,$courselevelm,
+					    $courselevel));
 	    if (defined($coursereply)) { return $coursereply; }
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
@@ -4226,7 +4326,9 @@ sub metadata {
         unless ($filename=~/\.meta$/) { $filename.='.meta'; }
 	my $metastring;
 	if ($uri !~ m|^uploaded/|) {
-	    $metastring=&getfile(&filelocation('',&clutter($filename)));
+	    my $file=&filelocation('',&clutter($filename));
+	    push(@{$metacache{$uri.'.file'}},$file);
+	    $metastring=&getfile($file);
 	}
         my $parser=HTML::LCParser->new(\$metastring);
         my $token;
@@ -4591,14 +4693,20 @@ sub deversion {
 
 sub symbread {
     my ($thisfn,$donotrecurse)=@_;
+    my $cache_str='request.symbread.cached.'.$thisfn;
+    if (defined($ENV{$cache_str})) { return $ENV{$cache_str}; }
 # no filename provided? try from environment
     unless ($thisfn) {
-        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) { return &symbclean($ENV{'request.symb'}); }
+        if ($ENV{'request.symb'}) {
+	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($ENV{'request.symb'});
+	}
 	$thisfn=$ENV{'request.filename'};
     }
 # is that filename actually a symb? Verify, clean, and return
     if ($thisfn=~/\_\_\_\d+\_\_\_(.*)$/) {
-	if (&symbverify($thisfn,$1)) { return &symbclean($thisfn); }
+	if (&symbverify($thisfn,$1)) {
+	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($thisfn);
+	}
     }
     $thisfn=declutter($thisfn);
     my %hash;
@@ -4619,7 +4727,7 @@ sub symbread {
            unless ($syval=~/\_\d+$/) {
 	       unless ($ENV{'form.request.prefix'}=~/\.(\d+)\_$/) {
                   &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-                  return '';
+		  return $ENV{$cache_str}='';
                }    
                $syval.=$1;
 	   }
@@ -4666,11 +4774,11 @@ sub symbread {
            }
         }
         if ($syval) {
-           return &symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn); 
+	    return $ENV{$cache_str}=&symbclean($syval.'___'.$thisfn);
         }
     }
     &appenv('request.ambiguous' => $thisfn);
-    return '';
+    return $ENV{$cache_str}='';
 }
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Return random seed
@@ -4931,30 +5039,32 @@ sub receipt {
 # the local server.   
 
 sub getfile {
-    my ($file,$caller) = @_;
+    my ($file) = @_;
 
-    if ($file !~ m|^/*uploaded/(\w+)/(\w+)/(.+)$|) {
-	# normal file from res space
-	&repcopy($file);
-        return &readfile($file);
-    }
-
-    my $info;
-    my $cdom = $1;
-    my $cnum = $2;
-    my $filename = $3;
-    my $path = $Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
-    my ($lwpresp,$rtncode);
-    my $localfile = $path.'/'.$cdom.'/'.$cnum.'/'.$filename;
-    if (-e "$localfile") {
-	my @fileinfo = stat($localfile);
-	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('HEAD',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+    if ($file =~ m|^/*uploaded/|) { $file=&filelocation("",$file); }
+    &repcopy($file);
+    return &readfile($file);
+}
+
+sub repcopy_userfile {
+    my ($file)=@_;
+
+    if ($file =~ m|^/*uploaded/|) { $file=&filelocation("",$file); }
+    if ($file =~ m|^/home/httpd/html/lonUsers/|) { return OK; }
+
+    my ($cdom,$cnum,$filename) = 
+	($file=~m|^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E/+userfiles/+([^/]+)/+([^/]+)/+(.*)|);
+    my ($info,$rtncode);
+    my $uri="/uploaded/$cdom/$cnum/$filename";
+    if (-e "$file") {
+	my @fileinfo = stat($file);
+	my $lwpresp = &getuploaded('HEAD',$uri,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
 	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
 	    if ($rtncode eq '404') {
-		unlink($localfile);
+		unlink($file);
 	    }
 	    #my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-	    #my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+	    #my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($uri));
 	    #my $response=$ua->request($request);
 	    #if ($response->is_success()) {
 	#	return $response->content;
@@ -4964,21 +5074,21 @@ sub getfile {
 	    return -1;
 	}
 	if ($info < $fileinfo[9]) {
-	    return &readfile($localfile);
+	    return OK;
 	}
 	$info = '';
-	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$uri,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
 	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
 	    return -1;
 	}
     } else {
-	$lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$file,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
+	my $lwpresp = &getuploaded('GET',$uri,$cdom,$cnum,\$info,\$rtncode);
 	if ($lwpresp ne 'ok') {
 	    my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
-	    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($file));
+	    my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',&tokenwrapper($uri));
 	    my $response=$ua->request($request);
 	    if ($response->is_success()) {
-		return $response->content;
+		$info=$response->content;
 	    } else {
 		return -1;
 	    }
@@ -4987,6 +5097,7 @@ sub getfile {
 	if ($filename =~ m|^(.+)/[^/]+$|) {
 	    push @parts, split(/\//,$1);
 	}
+	my $path = $perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles';
 	foreach my $part (@parts) {
 	    $path .= '/'.$part;
 	    if (!-e $path) {
@@ -4994,24 +5105,23 @@ sub getfile {
 	    }
 	}
     }
-    open (FILE,">$localfile");
+    open(FILE,">$file");
     print FILE $info;
     close(FILE);
-    if ($caller eq 'uploadrep') {
-	return 'ok';
-    }
-    return $info;
+    return OK;
 }
 
 sub tokenwrapper {
     my $uri=shift;
-    $uri=~s/^http\:\/\/([^\/]+)//;
-    $uri=~s/^\///;
+    $uri=~s|^http\://([^/]+)||;
+    $uri=~s|^/||;
     $ENV{'user.environment'}=~/\/([^\/]+)\.id/;
     my $token=$1;
-    if ($uri=~/^uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)(\?\.*)*$/) {
-        &appenv('userfile.'.$1.'/'.$2.'/'.$3 => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
-        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($2,$1)}.'/'.$uri.
+    my (undef,$udom,$uname,$file)=split('/',$uri,4);
+    if ($udom && $uname && $file) {
+	$file=~s|(\?\.*)*$||;
+        &appenv("userfile.$udom/$uname/$file" => $ENV{'request.course.id'});
+        return 'http://'.$hostname{ &homeserver($uname,$udom)}.'/'.$uri.
                (($uri=~/\?/)?'&':'?').'token='.$token.
                                '&tokenissued='.$perlvar{'lonHostID'};
     } else {
@@ -5056,20 +5166,18 @@ sub filelocation {
     $location = $file;
     $location =~ s:/~(.*?)/(.*):/home/$1/public_html/$2:;
   } elsif ($file=~/^\/*uploaded/) { # is an uploaded file
-      if ($file=~/^\/uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/(\/)?simplepage\/([^\/]+)$/) {
-	  $location=&Apache::loncommon::propath($1,$2).'/userfiles/simplepage/'.$4;
-	  if (not -e $location) {
-	      $file=~/^\/uploaded\/(.*)$/;
-	      $location=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles/'.$1;
-	  }
-      } elsif ($file=~/^\/uploaded\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/aboutme\/([^\/]+)$/) {
-	  $location=&Apache::loncommon::propath($1,$2).'/userfiles/aboutme/'.$3;
-         if (not -e $location) {
-	     $file=~/^\/uploaded\/(.*)$/;
-	     $location=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles/'.$1;
-         }
+      my ($udom,$uname,$filename)=
+	  ($file=~m|^/+uploaded/+([^/]+)/+([^/]+)/+(.*)$|);
+      my $home=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+      my $is_me=0;
+      my @ids=&current_machine_ids();
+      foreach my $id (@ids) { if ($id eq $home) { $is_me=1; } }
+      if ($is_me) {
+	  $location=&Apache::loncommon::propath($udom,$uname).
+	      '/userfiles/'.$filename;
       } else {
-	  $location=$file;
+	  $location=$Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/userfiles/'.
+	      $udom.'/'.$uname.'/'.$filename;
       }
   } else {
     $file=~s/^\Q$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}\E//;
@@ -5146,6 +5254,15 @@ sub clutter {
     return $thisfn;
 }
 
+sub freeze_escape {
+    my ($value)=@_;
+    if (ref($value)) {
+	$value=&nfreeze($value);
+	return '__FROZEN__'.&escape($value);
+    }
+    return &escape($value);
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
 
 sub escape {
@@ -5162,6 +5279,16 @@ sub unescape {
     return $str;
 }
 
+sub thaw_unescape {
+    my ($value)=@_;
+    if ($value =~ /^__FROZEN__/) {
+	substr($value,0,10,undef);
+	$value=&unescape($value);
+	return &thaw($value);
+    }
+    return &unescape($value);
+}
+
 sub mod_perl_version {
     if (defined($perlvar{'MODPERL2'})) {
 	return 2;
@@ -5187,7 +5314,7 @@ sub goodbye {
    &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresdatacache',scalar(%courseresdatacache)));
 #1.1 only
    &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%userresdatacache',scalar(%userresdatacache)));
-   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%usectioncache',scalar(%usectioncache)));
+   &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%getsectioncache',scalar(%getsectioncache)));
    &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%courseresversioncache',scalar(%courseresversioncache)));
    &logthis(sprintf("%-20s is %s",'%resversioncache',scalar(%resversioncache)));
    &flushcourselogs();
@@ -5266,10 +5393,6 @@ BEGIN {
 	 $hostip{$id}=$ip;
 	 $iphost{$ip}=$id;
 	 if ($role eq 'library') { $libserv{$id}=$name; }
-       } else {
-	 if ($configline) {
-	   &logthis("Skipping hosts.tab line -$configline-");
-	 }
        }
     }
     close($config);
@@ -5573,8 +5696,8 @@ X<rolesinit()>
 B<rolesinit($udom,$username,$authhost)>: get user privileges
 
 =item *
-X<usection()>
-B<usection($udom,$uname,$cname)>: finds the section of student in the
+X<getsection()>
+B<getsection($udom,$uname,$cname)>: finds the section of student in the
 course $cname, return section name/number or '' for "not in course"
 and '-1' for "no section"