--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/11/18 19:52:46	1.4
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/11/23 15:43:34	1.6
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 # 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
-# 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,11/8,11/16,11/18 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
+# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ sub critical {
         if ($answer eq 'con_lost') {
             my $now=time;
             my $middlename=$cmd;
+            $middlename=substr($middlename,0,16);
             $middlename=~s/\W//g;
             my $dfilename=
              "$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/delayed/$now.$middlename.$server";
@@ -125,6 +127,35 @@ sub critical {
     return $answer;
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------- Append Environment
+
+sub appenv {
+    my %newenv=@_;
+    my @oldenv;
+    {
+     my $fh;
+     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error';
+     }
+     @oldenv=<$fh>;
+    }
+    for (my $i=0; $i<=$#oldenv; $i++) {
+        chomp($oldenv[$i]);
+        my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
+	$newenv{$name}=$value;
+    }
+    {
+     my $fh;
+     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error';
+     }
+     my $newname;
+     foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
+	 print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
+     }
+    }
+    return 'ok';
+}
 
 # ------------------------------ Find server with least workload from spare.tab
 sub spareserver {