From: ts Date: 2001-02-10T20:33:41+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:10668] Re: reading file from URL >>>>> "T" == Tjabo Kloppenburg writes: T> Is it right that ruby's File.open works only with local files? If yes - how T> can I access distant files (URLs) ? Use a library. Net::HTTP (in 'net/http') for http://... , Net::FTP (in 'net/ftp') for ftp://..., etc You have examples in the documentation of these libraries. Guy Decoux