--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/11 21:12:32	1.44
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/10/12 02:11:16	1.45
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ sub symbread {
     my %hash;
     my %bighash;
     my $syval='';
-    if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && ($ENV{'request.filename'})) {
+    if (($ENV{'request.course.fn'}) && ($thisfn)) {
         if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',$ENV{'request.course.fn'}.'_symb.db',
                       &GDBM_READER,0640)) {
 	    $syval=$hash{$thisfn};