--- loncom/metadata_database/LONCAPA/lonmetadata.pm	2007/01/02 12:53:27	1.16
+++ loncom/metadata_database/LONCAPA/lonmetadata.pm	2007/01/12 21:30:58	1.17
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 #
-# $Id: lonmetadata.pm,v 1.16 2007/01/02 12:53:27 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonmetadata.pm,v 1.17 2007/01/12 21:30:58 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ sub getfile {
     if (! -e $file ) { 
         return undef; 
     }
-    my $fh=IO::File->new($file);
+    open(my $fh,"<$file");
     my $contents = '';
     while (<$fh>) { 
         $contents .= $_;