--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/04/25 17:18:15	1.629
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2005/05/05 20:50:38	1.633
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.629 2005/04/25 17:18:15 banghart Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.633 2005/05/05 20:50:38 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2614,8 +2614,23 @@ sub put {
    return &reply("put:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
 }
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------- putstore interface
-                                                                                     
+# ------------------------------------------------------------ newput interface
+
+sub newput {
+   my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
+   if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+   if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+   my $uhome=&homeserver($uname,$udomain);
+   my $items='';
+   foreach my $key (keys(%$storehash)) {
+       $items.=&escape($key).'='.&freeze_escape($$storehash{$key}).'&';
+   }
+   $items=~s/\&$//;
+   return &reply("newput:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------  putstore interface
+
 sub putstore {
    my ($namespace,$storehash,$udomain,$uname)=@_;
    if (!$udomain) { $udomain=$env{'user.domain'}; }
@@ -3898,8 +3913,9 @@ sub unmark_as_readonly {
         my @del_keys;
         if (ref($current_locks) eq "ARRAY"){
             foreach my $locker (@{$current_locks}) {
-                &logthis("$$locker[0].$$locker[1] eq $symb_crs");
-                if ($$locker[0].$$locker[1] eq $symb_crs) {
+                my $compare=$locker;
+                if (ref($locker)) { $compare=join('',@{$locker}) };
+                if ($compare eq $symb_crs) {
                     if (defined($file_name) && ($file_name ne $file)) {
                         push(@new_locks, $what);
                     }
@@ -4129,6 +4145,12 @@ sub get_courseresdata {
     return $result;
 }
 
+sub devalidateuserresdata {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    my $hashid="$udom:$uname";
+    &devalidate_cache_new('userres',$hashid);
+}
+
 sub get_userresdata {
     my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
     #most student don\'t have any data set, check if there is some data
@@ -4152,7 +4174,8 @@ sub get_userresdata {
 		 $uname." at ".$udom.": ".
 		 $tmp."</font>");
     } elsif ($tmp=~/error: 2 /) {
-	&EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
+	#&EXT_cache_set($udom,$uname);
+	&do_cache_new('userres',$hashid,undef,600);
     }
     return $tmp;
 }
@@ -4196,7 +4219,7 @@ sub EXT_cache_status {
 sub EXT_cache_set {
     my ($target_domain,$target_user) = @_;
     my $cachename = 'cache.EXT.'.$target_user.'.'.$target_domain;
-    &appenv($cachename => time);
+    #&appenv($cachename => time);
 }
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Variable
@@ -5332,7 +5355,6 @@ sub receipt {
 
 sub getfile {
     my ($file) = @_;
-    &Apache::lonnet::logthis("file name is $file");
     if ($file =~ m -^/*(uploaded|editupload)/-) { $file=&filelocation("",$file); }
     &repcopy($file);
     return &readfile($file);
@@ -6180,7 +6202,10 @@ revokecustomrole($udom,$uname,$url,$role
 
 =item *
 
-coursedescription($courseid) : course description
+coursedescription($courseid) : returns a hash of information about the
+specified course id, including all environment settings for the
+course, the description of the course will be in the hash under the
+key 'description'
 
 =item *