file-uri – the "file" URI scheme

Adds explicit handling for 'file' URIs to the uri library.

Example

require 'uri'
require 'file-uri'

uri = URI.parse("file:///path/to/file.txt")
#=> #<URI::CoreFile file:/path/to/file.txt>

Also includes a Windows-specific version, which has extra handling for drive letters at the start of paths.

require 'uri'
require 'file-uri/win'

uri = URI.parse("file:c:/windows/path.txt")
#=> #<URI::WinFile file:/c:/windows/path.txt>

uri + "/absolute/path.txt"
#=> #<URI::WinFile file:/c:/absolute/path.txt>

URI::File

local?( localhost: true )

Returns true if this file URI is local.

The localhost parameter instructs the library how to interpret special values in the host field, to retain compatibility with various other libraries and programs out there:

URI	:any	true	false
"file://localhost/"	local	local	non-local
"file://example.com/"	local	non-local	non-local

to_unc( localhost: true )

Returns a UNC filespace selector string for this file URI.

Raises a RuntimeError if this is a local URI (see #local?)

to_file_path( localhost: true )

Returns a file path for this file URI.

Raises a RuntimeError if this is not a local URI (see #local?)

open( [mode [, perm]] [, opt]) → io or nil

open( [mode [, perm]] [, opt]) {|io| block } → obj

See Kernel#open, URI::File#to_file_path