--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/25 20:02:54	1.423
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2003/09/25 20:25:04	1.424
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.423 2003/09/25 20:02:54 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.424 2003/09/25 20:25:04 matthew Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -2220,27 +2220,7 @@ sub currentdump {
        return if ($tmp[0] =~ /^(error:|no_such_host)/);
        my %hash = @tmp;
        @tmp=();
-       # Code ripped from lond, essentially.  The only difference
-       # here is the unescaping done by lonnet::dump().  Conceivably
-       # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
-       while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
-           my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
-           next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
-           next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
-                    exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&
-                    $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
-           $returnhash{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
-           $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
-       }
-       #
-       # Remove all of the keys in the hashes which keep track of
-       # the version of the parameter.
-       while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%returnhash)) {
-           # use a foreach because we are going to delete from the hash.
-           foreach my $key (keys(%$param_hash)) {
-               delete($param_hash->{$key}) if ($key =~ /^v\./);
-           }
-       }
+       %returnhash = %{&convert_dump_to_currentdump(\%hash)};
    } else {
        my @pairs=split(/\&/,$rep);
        foreach (@pairs) {
@@ -2253,6 +2233,33 @@ sub currentdump {
    return %returnhash;
 }
 
+sub convert_dump_to_currentdump{
+    my %hash = %{shift()};
+    my %returnhash;
+    # Code ripped from lond, essentially.  The only difference
+    # here is the unescaping done by lonnet::dump().  Conceivably
+    # we might run in to problems with parameter names =~ /^v\./
+    while (my ($key,$value) = each(%hash)) {
+        my ($v,$symb,$param) = split(/:/,$key);
+        next if ($v eq 'version' || $symb eq 'keys');
+        next if (exists($returnhash{$symb}) &&
+                 exists($returnhash{$symb}->{$param}) &&
+                 $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param} > $v);
+        $returnhash{$symb}->{$param}=$value;
+        $returnhash{$symb}->{'v.'.$param}=$v;
+    }
+    #
+    # Remove all of the keys in the hashes which keep track of
+    # the version of the parameter.
+    while (my ($symb,$param_hash) = each(%returnhash)) {
+        # use a foreach because we are going to delete from the hash.
+        foreach my $key (keys(%$param_hash)) {
+            delete($param_hash->{$key}) if ($key =~ /^v\./);
+        }
+    }
+    return \%returnhash;
+}
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- put interface
 
 sub put {