--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/08/06 23:17:39	1.1235
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2013/08/07 00:03:33	1.1236
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1235 2013/08/06 23:17:39 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1236 2013/08/07 00:03:33 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -9637,6 +9637,26 @@ sub resdata {
     return undef;
 }
 
+sub get_numsuppfiles {
+    my ($cnum,$cdom,$ignorecache)=@_;
+    my $hashid=$cnum.':'.$cdom;
+    my ($suppcount,$cached);
+    unless ($ignorecache) {
+        ($suppcount,$cached) = &is_cached_new('suppcount',$hashid);
+    }
+    unless (defined($cached)) {
+        my $chome=&homeserver($cnum,$cdom);
+        unless ($chome eq 'no_host') {
+            ($suppcount,my $errors) = (0,0);
+            my $suppmap = 'supplemental.sequence';
+            ($suppcount,$errors) = 
+                &Apache::loncommon::recurse_supplemental($cnum,$cdom,$suppmap,$suppcount,$errors);
+        }
+        &do_cache_new('suppcount',$hashid,$suppcount,600);
+    }
+    return $suppcount;
+}
+
 #
 # EXT resource caching routines
 #
@@ -12862,6 +12882,10 @@ data base, returning a hash that is keye
 values that are the resource value.  I believe that the timestamps and
 versions are also returned.
 
+get_numsuppfiles($cnum,$cdom) : retrieve number of files in a course's
+supplemental content area. This routine caches the number of files for 
+10 minutes.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Course Modification