--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/02/10 22:33:48	1.710
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/02/21 22:39:28	1.712
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.710 2006/02/10 22:33:48 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.712 2006/02/21 22:39:28 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1145,7 +1145,9 @@ sub ssi {
     my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
     
     my $request;
-    
+
+    $form{'no_update_last_known'}=1;
+
     if (%form) {
       $request=new HTTP::Request('POST',"http://".$ENV{'HTTP_HOST'}.$fn);
       $request->content(join('&',map { &escape($_).'='.&escape($form{$_}) } keys %form));
@@ -4665,6 +4667,36 @@ sub GetFileTimestamp {
     }
 }
 
+sub stat_file {
+    my ($uri) = @_;
+    $uri = &clutter($uri);
+    my ($udom,$uname,$file,$dir);
+    if ($uri =~ m-^/(uploaded|editupload)/-) {
+	($udom,$uname,$file) =
+	    ($uri =~ m-/(?:uploaded|editupload)/?([^/]*)/?([^/]*)/?(.*)-);
+	$file = 'userfiles/'.$file;
+	$dir = &Apache::loncommon::propath($udom,$uname);
+    }
+    if ($uri =~ m-^/res/-) {
+	($udom,$uname) = 
+	    ($uri =~ m-/(?:res)/?([^/]*)/?([^/]*)/-);
+	$file = $uri;
+    }
+
+    if (!$udom || !$uname || !$file) {
+	# unable to handle the uri
+	return ();
+    }
+
+    my ($result) = &dirlist($file,$udom,$uname,$dir);
+    my @stats = split('&', $result);
+    if($stats[0] ne 'empty' && $stats[0] ne 'no_such_dir') {
+	shift(@stats); #filename is first
+	return @stats;
+    }
+    return ();
+}
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------- Value of a Condition
 
 sub directcondval {
@@ -5471,9 +5503,12 @@ sub symblist {
     if (($env{'request.course.fn'}) && (%newhash)) {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$env{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_WRCREAT(),0640)) {
-	    foreach (keys %newhash) {
-                $hash{declutter($_)}=&encode_symb($mapname,$newhash{$_}->[1],
-						  $newhash{$_}->[0]);
+	    foreach my $url (keys %newhash) {
+		next if ($url eq 'last_known'
+			 && $env{'form.no_update_last_known'});
+		$hash{declutter($url)}=&encode_symb($mapname,
+						    $newhash{$url}->[1],
+						    $newhash{$url}->[0]);
             }
             if (untie(%hash)) {
 		return 'ok';
@@ -7334,6 +7369,16 @@ getfile($file,$caller) : two cases - req
    - returns the entire contents of a file or -1; 
    it properly subscribes to and replicates the file if neccessary.
 
+
+=item *
+
+stat_file($url) : $url is expected to be a /res/ or /uploaded/ style file
+                  reference
+
+returns either a stat() list of data about the file or an empty list
+if the file doesn't exist or couldn't find out about it (connection
+problems or user unknown)
+
 =item *
 
 filelocation($dir,$file) : returns file system location of a file