--- projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2001/12/18 06:07:00	1.45
+++ projects/cms/source/host/ihost-perl/ihost.pl	2002/03/11 13:34:24	1.46
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # a typical Unix/Linux box.
 #
 # $Author: tdb $
-# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.45 2001/12/18 06:07:00 tdb Exp $
+# $Id: ihost.pl,v 1.46 2002/03/11 13:34:24 tdb Exp $
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $| = 1;
@@ -451,5 +451,15 @@ sub make_xml() {
                 return $xmltemp;
             }
         }
+	# dealing with a null value
+	elsif($curline =~ /^$curlevel([^\.\s]+)$/) {
+	    # simply adding a space makes the above elsif deal with it :)
+	    # just level with an empty tag in the XML
+	    $curline .= " ";
+	}
+	# failing all that, skip the line
+	else {
+	    $curline = "";
+	}
     }
 }