--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/06/26 20:10:49	1.15
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/06/30 17:09:51	1.16
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # 04/05,05/29,05/31,06/01,
 # 06/05,06/26 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 06/26 Ben Tyszka
+# 06/30 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -324,6 +325,15 @@ sub repcopy {
                        ." LWP get: $message: $filename</font>");
                return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
            } else {
+	       if ($remoteurl!~/\.meta$/) {
+                  my $mrequest=new HTTP::Request('GET',$remoteurl.'.meta');
+                  my $mresponse=$ua->request($mrequest,$filename.'.meta');
+                  if ($mresponse->is_error()) {
+		      unlink($filename.'.meta');
+                      &logthis(
+                     "<font color=yellow>INFO: No metadata: $filename</font>");
+                  }
+	       }
                rename($transname,$filename);
                return OK;
            }