Fixed an issue with sget throwing excessive error messages when testing

for the presence of a Hdb node

sicsget.c

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int GetHdbFunc(void *ms, void *userData)
   char *geterror = NULL, error[512];
   hdbValue ve;
 
-  node = FindHdbNode(NULL,self->name,pServ->dummyCon);
+  node = FindHdbIntern(self->name);
   if(node != NULL){
     geterror = GetHdbProp(node,"geterror");
     if(geterror != NULL){

sicshipadaba.c

@@ -1521,7 +1521,10 @@ pHdb AddSICSHdbMemPar(pHdb parent, char *name, int priv,
   return child;
 }
 
-/*==================== access support functions ==============================*/
+/*==================== access support functions ==============================
+This has become an eierlegendewollmilchsau function. I do not know how and when 
+that happened
+==============================================================================*/
 pHdb FindHdbParent(char *rootpath, char *relpath, char **namePtr,
                    SConnection * pCon)
 {
@@ -1630,7 +1633,37 @@ pHdb FindHdbNode(char *rootpath, char *relpath, SConnection * pCon)
 {
   return FindHdbParent(rootpath, relpath, NULL, pCon);
 }
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+pHdb FindHdbIntern(char *path)
+{
+  char *element, *slash;
+  pHdb parent = NULL;
+  pObjectDescriptor pDes = NULL;
 
+  element = path;
+  if(strncmp(element,"/sics/",6) == 0){
+    slash = strchr(element+6,'/');
+    if(slash != NULL){
+      *slash = '\0';
+    }
+    pDes = FindCommandDescriptor(pServ->pSics,element+6);
+    if(pDes == NULL){
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    parent = pDes->parNode;
+    if(parent == NULL){
+      return NULL;
+    } 
+    if(slash == NULL){
+      return parent;
+    }
+    *slash = '/';
+    element = slash + 1;
+  } else {
+    parent = GetHipadabaRoot(); 
+  }
+  return GetHipadabaNode(parent,element);
+}
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * This does not use strlcpy, strlcat on purpose: it caused a bug
  * There are so many length checks in the code anyway so that is

sicshipadaba.h

@@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ pHdb FindHdbParent(char *rootpath, char *relpath, char **namePtr,
  * the path starts with "/sics/"
  */
 pHdb FindHdbNode(char *rootpath, char *relpath, SConnection * pCon);
+/** FindHdbIntern finds a node. It does so without complaining 
+ * on the various bits which can fail. It is for internal use where the caller 
+ * deals with the absence of the desired node. 
+ * @param path the path to search. Paths starting /sics/are searched for in the object database
+ * @return the found node or NULL on failure
+ */
+pHdb FindHdbIntern(char *path);
+
 /** Get the absolute path of a node anchored in the
  *     Hipadaba root or in a sics object
  * @param nodeArg the input node