--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	1999/12/22 17:18:04	1.7
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2000/01/13 14:48:36	1.8
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 # 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,
-# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 11/8,11/16,11/18,11/22,11/23,12/22,
+# 01/06,01/13 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
 use strict;
 use Apache::File;
+use LWP::UserAgent();
 use vars qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %spareid %hostdom %libserv $readit);
 use IO::Socket;
+use Apache::Constants qw(:common :http);
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- Logging
 
@@ -233,6 +236,51 @@ sub subscribe {
     return $answer;
 }
     
+# -------------------------------------------------------------- Replicate file
+
+sub repcopy {
+    my $filename=shift;
+    my $transname="$filename.in.transfer";
+    my $remoteurl=subscribe($filename);
+    if ($remoteurl eq 'con_lost') {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned con_lost: $filename");
+           return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+    } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'not_found') {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned not_found: $filename");
+	   return HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
+    } elsif ($remoteurl eq 'forbidden') {
+	   &logthis("Subscribe returned forbidden: $filename");
+           return FORBIDDEN;
+    } else {
+           my @parts=split(/\//,$filename);
+           my $path="/$parts[1]/$parts[2]/$parts[3]/$parts[4]";
+           if ($path ne "$perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}/res") {
+               &logthis("Malconfiguration for replication: $filename");
+	       return HTTP_BAD_REQUEST;
+           }
+           my $count;
+           for ($count=5;$count<$#parts;$count++) {
+               $path.="/$parts[$count]";
+               if ((-e $path)!=1) {
+		   mkdir($path,0777);
+               }
+           }
+           my $ua=new LWP::UserAgent;
+           my $request=new HTTP::Request('GET',"$remoteurl");
+           my $response=$ua->request($request,$transname);
+           if ($response->is_error()) {
+	       unlink($transname);
+               my $message=$response->status_line;
+               $r->log_reason("LWP GET: $message",$filename);
+               return HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+           } else {
+               rename($transname,$filename);
+               $r->filename($filename);
+               return OK;
+           }
+    }
+}
+
 
 # ================================================================ Main Program
 
@@ -245,6 +293,7 @@ if ($readit ne 'done') {
     while (my $configline=<$config>) {
         if ($configline =~ /PerlSetVar/) {
 	   my ($dummy,$varname,$varvalue)=split(/\s+/,$configline);
+           chomp($varvalue);
            $perlvar{$varname}=$varvalue;
         }
     }