--- loncom/lonsql	2001/03/22 19:25:52	1.10
+++ loncom/lonsql	2004/05/11 21:08:20	1.60
@@ -1,8 +1,110 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
-# lonsql-based on the preforker:harsha jagasia:date:5/10/00
-# 7/25 Gerd Kortemeyer
-# many different dates Scott Harrison
-# 03/22/2001 Scott Harrison
+
+# The LearningOnline Network
+# lonsql - LON TCP-MySQL-Server Daemon for handling database requests.
+#
+# $Id: lonsql,v 1.60 2004/05/11 21:08:20 matthew Exp $
+#
+# Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
+#
+# This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
+#
+# LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+# /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
+#
+# http://www.lon-capa.org/
+#
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+lonsql - LON TCP-MySQL-Server Daemon for handling database requests.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+This script should be run as user=www.  
+Note that a lonsql.pid file contains the pid of the parent process.
+
+=head1 OVERVIEW
+
+=head2 Purpose within LON-CAPA
+
+LON-CAPA is meant to distribute A LOT of educational content to A LOT
+of people. It is ineffective to directly rely on contents within the
+ext2 filesystem to be speedily scanned for on-the-fly searches of
+content descriptions. (Simply put, it takes a cumbersome amount of
+time to open, read, analyze, and close thousands of files.)
+
+The solution is to index various data fields that are descriptive of
+the educational resources on a LON-CAPA server machine in a
+database. Descriptive data fields are referred to as "metadata". The
+question then arises as to how this metadata is handled in terms of
+the rest of the LON-CAPA network without burdening client and daemon
+processes.
+
+The obvious solution, using lonc to send a query to a lond process,
+doesn't work so well in general as you can see in the following
+example:
+
+    lonc= loncapa client process    A-lonc= a lonc process on Server A
+    lond= loncapa daemon process
+
+                 database command
+    A-lonc  --------TCP/IP----------------> B-lond
+
+The problem emerges that A-lonc and B-lond are kept waiting for the
+MySQL server to "do its stuff", or in other words, perform the
+conceivably sophisticated, data-intensive, time-sucking database
+transaction.  By tying up a lonc and lond process, this significantly
+cripples the capabilities of LON-CAPA servers.
+
+The solution is to offload the work onto another process, and use
+lonc and lond just for requests and notifications of completed
+processing:
+
+                database command
+
+  A-lonc  ---------TCP/IP-----------------> B-lond =====> B-lonsql
+         <---------------------------------/                |
+           "ok, I'll get back to you..."                    |
+                                                            |
+                                                            /
+  A-lond  <-------------------------------  B-lonc   <======
+           "Guess what? I have the result!"
+
+Of course, depending on success or failure, the messages may vary, but
+the principle remains the same where a separate pool of children
+processes (lonsql's) handle the MySQL database manipulations.
+
+Thus, lonc and lond spend effectively no time waiting on results from
+the database.
+
+=head1 Internals
+
+=over 4
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+
+use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/';
+use LONCAPA::Configuration;
+use LONCAPA::lonmetadata();
+
 use IO::Socket;
 use Symbol;
 use POSIX;
@@ -12,37 +114,122 @@ use Socket;
 use Fcntl;
 use Tie::RefHash;
 use DBI;
+use File::Find;
 
-my @metalist;
-# ----------------- Code to enable 'find' subroutine listing of the .meta files
-require "find.pl";
-sub wanted {
-    (($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid) = lstat($_)) &&
-    -f _ &&
-    /^.*\.meta$/ &&
-    push(@metalist,"$dir/$_");
-}
+########################################################
+########################################################
 
+=pod
 
-$childmaxattempts=10;
-$run =0;#running counter to generate the query-id
-
-# ------------------------------------ Read httpd access.conf and get variables
-open (CONFIG,"/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf") || die "Can't read access.conf";
-
-while ($configline=<CONFIG>) {
-    if ($configline =~ /PerlSetVar/) {
-	my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
-        chomp($varvalue);
-        $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
-    }
-}
-close(CONFIG);
+=item Global Variables
 
-# --------------------------------------------- Check if other instance running
+=over 4
 
-my $pidfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lonsql.pid";
+=item dbh
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+my $dbh;
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod 
+
+=item Variables required for forking
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD
+
+The number of clients each child should process.
+
+=item %children 
+
+The keys to %children  are the current child process IDs
+
+=item $children
+
+The current number of children
+
+=back
+
+=cut 
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+my $MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD  = 5;   # number of clients each child should process
+my %children               = ();  # keys are current child process IDs
+my $children               = 0;   # current number of children
+                               
+###################################################################
+###################################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item Main body of code.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Read data from loncapa_apache.conf and loncapa.conf.
+
+=item Ensure we can access the database.
+
+=item Determine if there are other instances of lonsql running.
+
+=item Read the hosts file.
+
+=item Create a socket for lonsql.
 
+=item Fork once and dissociate from parent.
+
+=item Write PID to disk.
+
+=item Prefork children and maintain the population of children.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+###################################################################
+###################################################################
+my $childmaxattempts=10;
+my $run =0;              # running counter to generate the query-id
+#
+# Read loncapa_apache.conf and loncapa.conf
+#
+my $perlvarref=LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf');
+my %perlvar=%{$perlvarref};
+#
+# Make sure that database can be accessed
+#
+my $dbh;
+unless ($dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:loncapa","www",
+                            $perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'},
+                            { RaiseError =>0,PrintError=>0})) { 
+    print "Cannot connect to database!\n";
+    my $emailto="$perlvar{'lonAdmEMail'},$perlvar{'lonSysEMail'}";
+    my $subj="LON: $perlvar{'lonHostID'} Cannot connect to database!";
+    system("echo 'Cannot connect to MySQL database!' |".
+           " mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null");
+
+    open(SMP,'>/home/httpd/html/lon-status/mysql.txt');
+    print SMP 'time='.time.'&mysql=defunct'."\n";
+    close(SMP);
+
+    exit 1;
+} else {
+    $dbh->disconnect;
+}
+
+#
+# Check if other instance running
+#
+my $pidfile="$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}/logs/lonsql.pid";
 if (-e $pidfile) {
    my $lfh=IO::File->new("$pidfile");
    my $pide=<$lfh>;
@@ -50,128 +237,103 @@ if (-e $pidfile) {
    if (kill 0 => $pide) { die "already running"; }
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------- Read hosts file
-$PREFORK=4; # number of children to maintain, at least four spare
-
+#
+# Read hosts file
+#
+my %hostip;
+my $thisserver;
+my $PREFORK=4; # number of children to maintain, at least four spare
 open (CONFIG,"$perlvar{'lonTabDir'}/hosts.tab") || die "Can't read host file";
-
-while ($configline=<CONFIG>) {
+while (my $configline=<CONFIG>) {
     my ($id,$domain,$role,$name,$ip)=split(/:/,$configline);
     chomp($ip);
-
     $hostip{$ip}=$id;
-
-    if ($id eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'}) { $thisserver=$name; }
-
+    $thisserver=$name if ($id eq $perlvar{'lonHostID'});
     $PREFORK++;
 }
 close(CONFIG);
+#
+$PREFORK=int($PREFORK/4);
 
-$unixsock = "mysqlsock";
+#
+# Create a socket to talk to lond
+#
+my $unixsock = "mysqlsock";
 my $localfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock";
 my $server;
 unlink ($localfile);
 unless ($server=IO::Socket::UNIX->new(Local    =>"$localfile",
-				  Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
-				  Listen => 10))
-{
+                                      Type    => SOCK_STREAM,
+                                      Listen => 10)) {
     print "in socket error:$@\n";
 }
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------- Routines for forking
-# global variables
-$MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD  = 5;        # number of clients each child should process
-%children               = ();       # keys are current child process IDs
-$children               = 0;        # current number of children
-
-sub REAPER {                        # takes care of dead children
-    $SIG{CHLD} = \&REAPER;
-    my $pid = wait;
-    $children --;
-    &logthis("Child $pid died");
-    delete $children{$pid};
-}
-
-sub HUNTSMAN {                      # signal handler for SIGINT
-    local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE';   # we're going to kill our children
-    kill 'INT' => keys %children;
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    unlink("$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid");
-    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: Shutting down</font>");
-    $unixsock = "mysqlsock";
-    my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock";
-    unlink(port);
-    exit;                           # clean up with dignity
-}
-
-sub HUPSMAN {                      # signal handler for SIGHUP
-    local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE';  # we're going to kill our children
-    kill 'INT' => keys %children;
-    close($server);                # free up socket
-    &logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: Restarting</font>");
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    $unixsock = "mysqlsock";
-    my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock";
-    unlink(port);
-    exec("$execdir/lonsql");         # here we go again
-}
-
-sub logthis {
-    my $message=shift;
-    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
-    my $fh=IO::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonsqlfinal.log");
-    my $now=time;
-    my $local=localtime($now);
-    print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
-}
-# ---------------------------------------------------- Fork once and dissociate
-$fpid=fork;
+#
+# Fork once and dissociate
+#
+my $fpid=fork;
 exit if $fpid;
 die "Couldn't fork: $!" unless defined ($fpid);
-
 POSIX::setsid() or die "Can't start new session: $!";
 
-# ------------------------------------------------------- Write our PID on disk
-
-$execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+#
+# Write our PID on disk
+my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
 open (PIDSAVE,">$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid");
 print PIDSAVE "$$\n";
 close(PIDSAVE);
-&logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: ---------- Starting ----------</font>");
+&logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: ---------- Starting ----------</font>");
 
-# ----------------------------- Ignore signals generated during initial startup
+#
+# Ignore signals generated during initial startup
 $SIG{HUP}=$SIG{USR1}='IGNORE';
-# ------------------------------------------------------- Now we are on our own    
-# Fork off our children.
+# Now we are on our own    
+#    Fork off our children.
 for (1 .. $PREFORK) {
     make_new_child();
 }
 
+#
 # Install signal handlers.
 $SIG{CHLD} = \&REAPER;
 $SIG{INT}  = $SIG{TERM} = \&HUNTSMAN;
 $SIG{HUP}  = \&HUPSMAN;
 
+#
 # And maintain the population.
 while (1) {
     sleep;                          # wait for a signal (i.e., child's death)
-    for ($i = $children; $i < $PREFORK; $i++) {
+    for (my $i = $children; $i < $PREFORK; $i++) {
         make_new_child();           # top up the child pool
     }
 }
 
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
 
+=item &make_new_child
+
+Inputs: None
+
+Returns: None
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
 sub make_new_child {
     my $pid;
     my $sigset;
-    
+    #
     # block signal for fork
     $sigset = POSIX::SigSet->new(SIGINT);
     sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, $sigset)
         or die "Can't block SIGINT for fork: $!\n";
-    
+    #
     die "fork: $!" unless defined ($pid = fork);
-    
+    #
     if ($pid) {
         # Parent records the child's birth and returns.
         sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, $sigset)
@@ -182,84 +344,83 @@ sub make_new_child {
     } else {
         # Child can *not* return from this subroutine.
         $SIG{INT} = 'DEFAULT';      # make SIGINT kill us as it did before
-    
         # unblock signals
         sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, $sigset)
             or die "Can't unblock SIGINT for fork: $!\n";
-	
-	
         #open database handle
 	# making dbh global to avoid garbage collector
-	unless (
-		$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:loncapa","www","123",{ RaiseError =>0,PrintError=>0})
-		) { 
-	            my $st=120+int(rand(240));
-		    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Couldn't connect to database  ($st secs): $@</font>");
-		    print "database handle error\n";
-		    sleep($st);
-		    exit;
-
-	  };
-	# make sure that a database disconnection occurs with ending kill signals
+	unless ($dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:loncapa","www",
+                                    $perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'},
+                                    { RaiseError =>0,PrintError=>0})) { 
+            sleep(10+int(rand(20)));
+            &logthis("<font color='blue'>WARNING: Couldn't connect to database".
+                     ": $@</font>");
+                     #  "($st secs): $@</font>");
+            print "database handle error\n";
+            exit;
+        }
+	# make sure that a database disconnection occurs with 
+        # ending kill signals
 	$SIG{TERM}=$SIG{INT}=$SIG{QUIT}=$SIG{__DIE__}=\&DISCONNECT;
-
         # handle connections until we've reached $MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD
-        for ($i=0; $i < $MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD; $i++) {
-            $client = $server->accept()     or last;
-            
+        for (my $i=0; $i < $MAX_CLIENTS_PER_CHILD; $i++) {
+            my $client = $server->accept() or last;
             # do something with the connection
 	    $run = $run+1;
 	    my $userinput = <$client>;
 	    chomp($userinput);
-	    	    
-	    my ($conserver,$querytmp,$customtmp)=split(/&/,$userinput);
-	    my $query=unescape($querytmp);
-	    my $custom=unescape($customtmp);
-
+            #
+	    my ($conserver,$query,
+		$arg1,$arg2,$arg3)=split(/&/,$userinput);
+	    my $query=unescape($query);
+            #
             #send query id which is pid_unixdatetime_runningcounter
-	    $queryid = $thisserver;
+	    my $queryid = $thisserver;
 	    $queryid .="_".($$)."_";
 	    $queryid .= time."_";
 	    $queryid .= $run;
 	    print $client "$queryid\n";
-	    
-            #prepare and execute the query
-	    my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
-	    my $result;
-	    unless ($sth->execute())
-	    {
-		&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Could not retrieve from database: $@</font>");
-		$result="";
-	    }
-	    else {
-		my $r1=$sth->fetchall_arrayref;
-		my @r2; map {my $a=$_; my @b=map {escape($_)} @$a; push @r2,join(",", @b)} (@$r1);
-		$result=join("&",@r2) . "\n";
-	    }
-
-	    # do custom metadata searching here and build into result
-	    if ($custom) {
-		&logthis("am going to do custom query for $custom");
-		@metalist=(); pop @metalist;
-		&find("$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}/res");
-		&logthis("FILELIST:" . join(":::",@metalist));
-		# if file is indicated in sql database and
-		# not part of sql-relevant query, do not pattern match.
-		# if file is not in sql database, output error.
-		# if file is indicated in sql database and is
-		# part of query result list, then do the pattern match.
-	    }
-	    # reply with result
+	    #
+	    &logthis("QUERY: $query - $arg1 - $arg2 - $arg3");
+	    sleep 1;
+            #
+            my $result='';
+            #
+            # At this point, query is received, query-ID assigned and sent 
+            # back, $query eq 'logquery' will mean that this is a query 
+            # against log-files
+            if (($query eq 'userlog') || ($query eq 'courselog')) {
+                # beginning of log query
+                my $udom    = &unescape($arg1);
+                my $uname   = &unescape($arg2);
+                my $command = &unescape($arg3);
+                my $path    = &propath($udom,$uname);
+                if (-e "$path/activity.log") {
+                    if ($query eq 'userlog') {
+                        $result=&userlog($path,$command);
+                    } else {
+                        $result=&courselog($path,$command);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    &logthis('Unable to do log query: '.$uname.'@'.$udom);
+                    $result='no_such_file';
+                }
+                # end of log query
+            } else {
+                # Do an sql query
+                $result = &do_sql_query($query,$arg1,$arg2);
+            }
+            # result does not need to be escaped because it has already been
+            # escaped.
+            #$result=&escape($result);
             &reply("queryreply:$queryid:$result",$conserver);
-
         }
-    
         # tidy up gracefully and finish
-	
-        #close the database handle
+        #
+        # close the database handle
 	$dbh->disconnect
-	   or &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect from database  $DBI::errstr ($st secs): $@</font>");
-    
+            or &logthis("<font color='blue'>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect".
+                        " from database  $DBI::errstr : $@</font>");
         # this exit is VERY important, otherwise the child will become
         # a producer of more and more children, forking yourself into
         # process death.
@@ -267,14 +428,179 @@ sub make_new_child {
     }
 }
 
-sub DISCONNECT {
-    $dbh->disconnect or 
-    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect from database  $DBI::errstr ($st secs): $@</font>");
-    exit;
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &do_sql_query
+
+Runs an sql metadata table query.
+
+Inputs: $query, $custom, $customshow
+
+Returns: A string containing escaped results.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+{
+    my @metalist;
+
+sub process_file {
+    if ( -e $_ &&  # file exists
+         -f $_ &&  # and is a normal file
+         /\.meta$/ &&  # ends in meta
+         ! /^.+\.\d+\.[^\.]+\.meta$/  # is not a previous version
+         ) {
+        push(@metalist,$File::Find::name);
+    }
+}
+
+sub do_sql_query {
+    my ($query,$custom,$customshow) = @_;
+    $custom     = &unescape($custom);
+    $customshow = &unescape($customshow);
+    #
+    @metalist = ();
+    #
+    my $result = '';
+    my @results = ();
+    my @files;
+    my $subsetflag=0;
+    #
+    if ($query) {
+        #prepare and execute the query
+        my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
+        unless ($sth->execute()) {
+            &logthis('<font color="blue">'.
+                     'WARNING: Could not retrieve from database:'.
+                     $sth->errstr().'</font>');
+        } else {
+            my $aref=$sth->fetchall_arrayref;
+            foreach my $row (@$aref) {
+                push @files,@{$row}[3] if ($custom or $customshow);
+                my @b=map { &escape($_); } @$row;
+                push @results,join(",", @b);
+                # Build up the @files array with the LON-CAPA urls 
+                # of the resources.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    # do custom metadata searching here and build into result
+    return join("&",@results) if (! ($custom or $customshow));
+    # Only get here if there is a custom query or custom show request
+    &logthis("Doing custom query for $custom");
+    if ($query) {
+        @metalist=map {
+            $perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.$_.'.meta';
+        } @files;
+    } else {
+        my $dir = "$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}/res/$perlvar{'lonDefDomain'}";
+        @metalist=(); 
+        opendir(RESOURCES,$dir);
+        my @homeusers=grep {
+            &ishome($dir.'/'.$_);
+        } grep {!/^\.\.?$/} readdir(RESOURCES);
+        closedir RESOURCES;
+        # Define the
+        foreach my $user (@homeusers) {
+            find (\&process_file,$dir.'/'.$user);
+        }
+    } 
+    # if file is indicated in sql database and
+    #     not part of sql-relevant query, do not pattern match.
+    #
+    # if file is not in sql database, output error.
+    #
+    # if file is indicated in sql database and is
+    #     part of query result list, then do the pattern match.
+    my $customresult='';
+    my @results;
+    foreach my $metafile (@metalist) {
+        my $fh=IO::File->new($metafile);
+        my @lines=<$fh>;
+        my $stuff=join('',@lines);
+        if ($stuff=~/$custom/s) {
+            foreach my $f ('abstract','author','copyright',
+                           'creationdate','keywords','language',
+                           'lastrevisiondate','mime','notes',
+                           'owner','subject','title') {
+                $stuff=~s/\n?\<$f[^\>]*\>.*?<\/$f[^\>]*\>\n?//s;
+            }
+            my $mfile=$metafile; 
+            my $docroot=$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'};
+            $mfile=~s/^$docroot//;
+            $mfile=~s/\.meta$//;
+            unless ($query) {
+                my $q2="SELECT * FROM metadata WHERE url ".
+                    " LIKE BINARY '?'";
+                my $sth = $dbh->prepare($q2);
+                $sth->execute($mfile);
+                my $aref=$sth->fetchall_arrayref;
+                foreach my $a (@$aref) {
+                    my @b=map { &escape($_)} @$a;
+                    push @results,join(",", @b);
+                }
+            }
+            # &logthis("found: $stuff");
+            $customresult.='&custom='.&escape($mfile).','.
+                escape($stuff);
+        }
+    }
+    $result=join("&",@results) unless $query;
+    $result.=$customresult;
+    #
+    return $result;
+} # End of &do_sql_query
+
+} # End of scoping curly braces for &process_file and &do_sql_query
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &logthis
+
+Inputs: $message, the message to log
+
+Returns: nothing
+
+Writes $message to the logfile.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+sub logthis {
+    my $message=shift;
+    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+    my $fh=IO::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonsql.log");
+    my $now=time;
+    my $local=localtime($now);
+    print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
 }
 
 # -------------------------------------------------- Non-critical communication
 
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &subreply
+
+Sends a command to a server.  Called only by &reply.
+
+Inputs: $cmd,$server
+
+Returns: The results of the message or 'con_lost' on error.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
 sub subreply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
     my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server";
@@ -285,10 +611,27 @@ sub subreply {
     print $sclient "$cmd\n";
     my $answer=<$sclient>;
     chomp($answer);
-    if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
+    $answer="con_lost" if (!$answer);
     return $answer;
 }
 
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &reply
+
+Sends a command to a server.
+
+Inputs: $cmd,$server
+
+Returns: The results of the message or 'con_lost' on error.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
 sub reply {
   my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
   my $answer;
@@ -300,22 +643,300 @@ sub reply {
     }
   } else {
     $answer='self_reply';
+    $answer=subreply($cmd,$server);
   } 
   return $answer;
 }
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------- Escape Special Chars
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &escape
 
+Escape special characters in a string.
+
+Inputs: string to escape
+
+Returns: The input string with special characters escaped.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
 sub escape {
     my $str=shift;
     $str =~ s/(\W)/"%".unpack('H2',$1)/eg;
     return $str;
 }
 
-# ----------------------------------------------------- Un-Escape Special Chars
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &unescape
+
+Unescape special characters in a string.
 
+Inputs: string to unescape
+
+Returns: The input string with special characters unescaped.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
 sub unescape {
     my $str=shift;
     $str =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9][a-fA-F0-9])/pack("C",hex($1))/eg;
     return $str;
 }
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &ishome
+
+Determine if the current machine is the home server for a user.
+The determination is made by checking the filesystem for the users information.
+
+Inputs: $author
+
+Returns: 0 - this is not the authors home server, 1 - this is.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+sub ishome {
+    my $author=shift;
+    $author=~s/\/home\/httpd\/html\/res\/([^\/]*)\/([^\/]*).*/$1\/$2/;
+    my ($udom,$uname)=split(/\//,$author);
+    my $proname=propath($udom,$uname);
+    if (-e $proname) {
+	return 1;
+    } else {
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &propath
+
+Inputs: user name, user domain
+
+Returns: The full path to the users directory.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+sub propath {
+    my ($udom,$uname)=@_;
+    $udom=~s/\W//g;
+    $uname=~s/\W//g;
+    my $subdir=$uname.'__';
+    $subdir =~ s/(.)(.)(.).*/$1\/$2\/$3/;
+    my $proname="$perlvar{'lonUsersDir'}/$udom/$subdir/$uname";
+    return $proname;
+} 
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &courselog
+
+Inputs: $path, $command
+
+Returns: unescaped string of values.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+sub courselog {
+    my ($path,$command)=@_;
+    my %filters=();
+    foreach (split(/\:/,&unescape($command))) {
+	my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+        $filters{$name}=$value;
+    }
+    my @results=();
+    open(IN,$path.'/activity.log') or return ('file_error');
+    while (my $line=<IN>) {
+        chomp($line);
+        my ($timestamp,$host,$log)=split(/\:/,$line);
+#
+# $log has the actual log entries; currently still escaped, and
+# %26(timestamp)%3a(url)%3a(user)%3a(domain)
+# then additionally
+# %3aPOST%3a(name)%3d(value)%3a(name)%3d(value)
+# or
+# %3aCSTORE%3a(name)%3d(value)%26(name)%3d(value)
+#
+# get delimiter between timestamped entries to be &&&
+        $log=~s/\%26(\d+)\%3a/\&\&\&$1\%3a/g;
+# now go over all log entries 
+        foreach (split(/\&\&\&/,&unescape($log))) {
+	    my ($time,$res,$uname,$udom,$action,@values)=split(/\:/,$_);
+            my $values=&unescape(join(':',@values));
+            $values=~s/\&/\:/g;
+            $res=&unescape($res);
+            my $include=1;
+            if (($filters{'username'}) && ($uname ne $filters{'username'})) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'domain'}) && ($udom ne $filters{'domain'})) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'url'}) && ($res!~/$filters{'url'}/)) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'start'}) && ($time<$filters{'start'})) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'end'}) && ($time>$filters{'end'})) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'action'} eq 'view') && ($action)) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'action'} eq 'submit') && ($action ne 'POST')) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if (($filters{'action'} eq 'grade') && ($action ne 'CSTORE')) 
+                                                               { $include=0; }
+            if ($include) {
+	       push(@results,($time<1000000000?'0':'').$time.':'.$res.':'.
+                                            $uname.':'.$udom.':'.
+                                            $action.':'.$values);
+            }
+       }
+    }
+    close IN;
+    return join('&',sort(@results));
+}
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &userlog
+
+Inputs: $path, $command
+
+Returns: unescaped string of values.
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+sub userlog {
+    my ($path,$command)=@_;
+    my %filters=();
+    foreach (split(/\:/,&unescape($command))) {
+	my ($name,$value)=split(/\=/,$_);
+        $filters{$name}=$value;
+    }
+    my @results=();
+    open(IN,$path.'/activity.log') or return ('file_error');
+    while (my $line=<IN>) {
+        chomp($line);
+        my ($timestamp,$host,$log)=split(/\:/,$line);
+        $log=&unescape($log);
+        my $include=1;
+        if (($filters{'start'}) && ($timestamp<$filters{'start'})) 
+                                                             { $include=0; }
+        if (($filters{'end'}) && ($timestamp>$filters{'end'})) 
+                                                             { $include=0; }
+        if (($filters{'action'} eq 'log') && ($log!~/^Log/)) { $include=0; }
+        if (($filters{'action'} eq 'check') && ($log!~/^Check/)) 
+                                                             { $include=0; }
+        if ($include) {
+	   push(@results,$timestamp.':'.$log);
+        }
+    }
+    close IN;
+    return join('&',sort(@results));
+}
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item Functions required for forking
+
+=over 4
+
+=item REAPER
+
+REAPER takes care of dead children.
+
+=item HUNTSMAN
+
+Signal handler for SIGINT.
+
+=item HUPSMAN
+
+Signal handler for SIGHUP
+
+=item DISCONNECT
+
+Disconnects from database.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+########################################################
+########################################################
+sub REAPER {                   # takes care of dead children
+    $SIG{CHLD} = \&REAPER;
+    my $pid = wait;
+    $children --;
+    &logthis("Child $pid died");
+    delete $children{$pid};
+}
+
+sub HUNTSMAN {                      # signal handler for SIGINT
+    local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE';   # we're going to kill our children
+    kill 'INT' => keys %children;
+    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+    unlink("$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid");
+    &logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: Shutting down</font>");
+    $unixsock = "mysqlsock";
+    my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock";
+    unlink($port);
+    exit;                           # clean up with dignity
+}
+
+sub HUPSMAN {                      # signal handler for SIGHUP
+    local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE';  # we're going to kill our children
+    kill 'INT' => keys %children;
+    close($server);                # free up socket
+    &logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: Restarting</font>");
+    my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
+    $unixsock = "mysqlsock";
+    my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock";
+    unlink($port);
+    exec("$execdir/lonsql");         # here we go again
+}
+
+sub DISCONNECT {
+    $dbh->disconnect or 
+    &logthis("<font color='blue'>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect from database ".
+             " $DBI::errstr : $@</font>");
+    exit;
+}
+
+
+=pod
+
+=back
+
+=cut