--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/11/22 17:23:13	1.5
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/11/23 15:43:34	1.6
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # TCP networking package
 # 6/1/99,6/2,6/10,6/11,6/12,6/14,6/26,6/28,6/29,6/30,
 # 7/1,7/2,7/9,7/10,7/12,7/14,7/15,7/19,
-# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -130,12 +130,30 @@ sub critical {
 # ---------------------------------------------------------- Append Environment
 
 sub appenv {
-    my ($name,$value)=@_;
-    my $fh;
-    unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">>$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+    my %newenv=@_;
+    my @oldenv;
+    {
+     my $fh;
+     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new("$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
 	return 'error';
+     }
+     @oldenv=<$fh>;
+    }
+    for (my $i=0; $i<=$#oldenv; $i++) {
+        chomp($oldenv[$i]);
+        my ($name,$value)=split(/=/,$oldenv[$i]);
+	$newenv{$name}=$value;
+    }
+    {
+     my $fh;
+     unless ($fh=Apache::File->new(">$ENV{'user.environment'}")) {
+	return 'error';
+     }
+     my $newname;
+     foreach $newname (keys %newenv) {
+	 print $fh "$newname=$newenv{$newname}\n";
+     }
     }
-    print $fh "$name=$value\n";
     return 'ok';
 }