--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/08/23 13:21:36	1.272
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/08/23 21:31:09	1.273
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.272 2002/08/23 13:21:36 matthew Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.273 2002/08/23 21:31:09 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1569,6 +1569,9 @@ sub get {
 
    my $rep=&reply("get:$udomain:$uname:$namespace:$items",$uhome);
    my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
+   if ( $#pairs==0 && $pairs[0] =~ /^(con_lost|error|no_such_host)/i) {
+     return @pairs;
+   }
    my %returnhash=();
    my $i=0;
    foreach (@$storearr) {