--- rat/lonuserstate.pm	2000/10/02 16:16:06	1.10
+++ rat/lonuserstate.pm	2000/10/20 14:43:53	1.12
@@ -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;
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use Apache::File;
 use HTML::TokeParser;
 use Apache::lonnet();
 use GDBM_File;
+use Apache::lonmsg;
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------- Globals for this package
 
@@ -310,6 +311,9 @@ 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='';
@@ -336,6 +340,7 @@ sub readmap {
       &Apache::lonnet::logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ".
                        "Could not tie coursemap $fn for $uri.</font>"); 
    }
+   &Apache::lonmsg::author_res_msg($ENV{'request.course.uri'},$errtext);
    return $errtext;
 }