--- rat/lonuserstate.pm	2000/10/02 16:16:06	1.10
+++ rat/lonuserstate.pm	2000/10/11 18:31:00	1.11
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # 7/1,7/3,7/4,7/7,7/8,7/10 Gerd Kortemeyer)
 #
 # 7/15,7/17,7/18,8/1,8/2,8/4,8/5,8/21,8/22,8/23,8/30,
-# 9/2,9/4,9/29,9/30,10/2 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 9/2,9/4,9/29,9/30,10/2,10/11 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonuserstate;
 
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ sub readmap {
       return 'No course data available.';
    }
    @cond=('true:normal');
+   unlink($fn.'.db');
+   unlink($fn.'_symb.db');
+   unlink($fn.'.state');
    if (tie(%hash,'GDBM_File',"$fn.db",&GDBM_WRCREAT,0640)) {
     %hash=();
     $errtext='';