--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/10/02 18:32:56	1.160
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/10/05 17:54:36	1.161
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 # 05/01,06/01,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 09/01 Guy Albertelli
 # 09/01,10/01,11/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# YEAR=2001
 # 02/27/01 Scott Harrison
 # 3/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 3/15,3/19 Scott Harrison
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@
 # July Guy Albertelli
 # 8/4,8/7,8/8,8/9,8/11,8/16,8/17,8/18,8/20,8/23,9/20,9/21,9/26,
 # 10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 10/5 Scott Harrison
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -151,8 +153,9 @@ sub logthis {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log");
-    print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
+    my $fh;
+    $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.log") and
+	print $fh "$local ($$): $message\n";
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -161,8 +164,9 @@ sub logperm {
     my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
     my $now=time;
     my $local=localtime($now);
-    my $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log");
-    print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
+    my $fh;
+    $fh=Apache::File->new(">>$execdir/logs/lonnet.perm.log") and
+	print $fh "$now:$message:$local\n";
     return 1;
 }