add RemFile as a supported format (#946)

* add RemFile as a supported format * Update h5tools.py * Update h5tools.py --------- Co-authored-by: Ryan Ly <rly@lbl.gov>
hdmf-dev · Aug 25, 2023 · e801d9e · e801d9e
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diff --git a/src/hdmf/backends/hdf5/h5tools.py b/src/hdmf/backends/hdf5/h5tools.py
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ def can_read(path):
              'doc': 'the BuildManager or a TypeMap to construct a BuildManager to use for I/O', 'default': None},
             {'name': 'comm', 'type': 'Intracomm',
              'doc': 'the MPI communicator to use for parallel I/O', 'default': None},
-            {'name': 'file', 'type': [File, "S3File"], 'doc': 'a pre-existing h5py.File object', 'default': None},
+            {'name': 'file', 'type': [File, "S3File", "RemFile"],
+             'doc': 'a pre-existing h5py.File, S3File, or RemFile object', 'default': None},
             {'name': 'driver', 'type': str, 'doc': 'driver for h5py to use when opening HDF5 file', 'default': None},
             {'name': 'herd_path', 'type': str,
              'doc': 'The path to the HERD', 'default': None},)