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File Access with the file: Protocol

Goose supports using the file: protocol. It currently supports the following formats:

  • file:/some/path (host omitted completely)
  • file:///some/path (empty host)
  • file://localhost/some/path (localhost as host)

Note that the following formats are not supported because they are non-standard:

  • file:some/relative/path (relative path)
  • file://some/path (double-slash path)

Additionally, the file: protocol currently does not support remote (non-localhost) hosts.