diff -Naurw moodle-clean/moodle/files/index.php moodle-live/files/index.php
--- moodle-clean/moodle/files/index.php	2008-11-27 09:49:39.000000000 +0000
+++ moodle-live/files/index.php	2009-04-23 15:45:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     $save    = optional_param('save', 0, PARAM_BOOL);
     $text    = optional_param('text', '', PARAM_RAW);
     $confirm = optional_param('confirm', 0, PARAM_BOOL);
+    $meta = optional_param('meta', 0, PARAM_INT);//to enable parent metacourse file selection
 
     if ($choose) {
         if (count(explode('.', $choose)) > 2) {
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@
         }
     }
 
+    if(!empty($meta)){
+        $id=$meta;
+    }
 
     if (! $course = get_record("course", "id", $id) ) {
         error("That's an invalid course id");
@@ -702,6 +706,17 @@
     global $id;
     global $USER, $CFG;
     global $choose;
+    global $COURSE;
+    global $meta;
+    
+    //do metacourse magic here
+    if($parents=get_records('course_meta','child_course',$COURSE->id)){
+        foreach($parents as $parent){
+            $parent=get_record('course','id',$parent->parent_course);
+            echo '<a href="index.php?id='.$id.'&choose='.$choose.'&meta='.$parent->id.'">'.$parent->fullname.'</a>';
+        }
+    }
+
 
     $fullpath = $basedir.$wdir;
     $dirlist = array();
@@ -785,7 +800,7 @@
                 $filesize = display_size(get_directory_size("$fullpath/$dir"));
                 $filedate = userdate(filemtime($filename), "%d %b %Y, %I:%M %p");
                 print_cell("center", "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"file$count\" value=\"$fileurl\" />", 'checkbox');
-                print_cell("left", "<a href=\"index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$fileurl&amp;choose=$choose\"><img src=\"$CFG->pixpath/f/folder.gif\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"$strfolder\" />&nbsp;".htmlspecialchars($dir)."</a>", 'name');
+                print_cell("left", "<a href=\"index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$fileurl&amp;choose=$choose&amp;meta=$meta\"><img src=\"$CFG->pixpath/f/folder.gif\" class=\"icon\" alt=\"$strfolder\" />&nbsp;".htmlspecialchars($dir)."</a>", 'name');
                 print_cell("right", $filesize, 'size');
                 print_cell("right", $filedate, 'date');
                 print_cell("right", "<a href=\"index.php?id=$id&amp;wdir=$wdir&amp;file=$filesafe&amp;action=rename&amp;choose=$choose\">$strrename</a>", 'commands');
@@ -830,8 +845,12 @@
             print_cell("right", $filedate, 'date');
 
             if ($choose) {
+                if(empty($meta)){
                 $edittext = "<strong><a onclick=\"return set_value('$selectfile')\" href=\"#\">$strchoose</a></strong>&nbsp;";
             } else {
+                    $edittext = "<strong><a onclick=\"return set_value('$CFG->wwwroot/file.php/$meta/$selectfile')\" href=\"#\">$strchoose</a></strong>&nbsp;";
+                }
+            } else {
                 $edittext = '';
             }