--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/07/09 00:17:27	1.1230
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/07/25 19:11:12	1.1231
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1230 2013/07/09 00:17:27 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1231 2013/07/25 19:11:12 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1578,6 +1578,36 @@ sub idput {
     }
 }
 
+# ---------------------------------------- Delete unwanted IDs from ids.db file 
+
+sub iddel {
+    my ($udom,$idshashref,$uhome)=@_;
+    my %result=();
+    unless (ref($idshashref) eq 'HASH') {
+        return %result;
+    }
+    my %servers=();
+    while (my ($id,$uname) = each(%{$idshashref})) {
+        my $uhom;
+        if ($uhome) {
+            $uhom = $uhome;
+        } else {
+            $uhom=&homeserver($uname,$udom);
+        }
+        if ($uhom ne 'no_host') {
+            if ($servers{$uhom}) {
+                $servers{$uhom}.='&'.&escape($id);
+            } else {
+                $servers{$uhom}=&escape($id);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    foreach my $server (keys(%servers)) {
+        $result{$server} = &critical('iddel:'.$udom.':'.$servers{$server},$uhome);
+    }
+    return %result;
+}
+
 # ------------------------------dump from db file owned by domainconfig user
 sub dump_dom {
     my ($namespace, $udom, $regexp) = @_;