File format

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File Location
For more information, visit VFS web site.

If the port is not specified, the default port is used.

URI Format Description Examples
[file://]absolute-path File on the hard disk c:\util\temp
/usr/java
zip://zip-file-uri[!absolute-path] Content of a zip file zip:http://somehost/downloads/somefile.zip
zip://file://c:/temp.zip!/test.ini
jar://jar-file-uri[!absolute-path] Content of a jar file jar:../lib/classes.jar!/META-INF/manifest.mf
jar:zip:outer.zip%21/nested.jar!/somedir
[tgz|tbz2]://tar-[gz|bz2]-file-uri[!absolute-path] Content of a tar.gz or tar.bz2 file tgz://file://c:/temp.tar.gz!/test.ini
[gz|bz2]://[gz|bz2]-file Content of a gz or bz2 file bz2://file:///user/home/hello.bz2
http[s]://[username[:password]@]hostname[:port][absolute-path] Refer to a HTTP or HTTPS file http://somehost:8080/downloads/file.jar
https://myusername@somehost/index.html
webdav://[username[:password]@]hostname[:port][absolute-path] Refer to a file on a WebDAV server webdav://somehost:8080/downloads/file.jar
ftp://[username[:password]@]hostname[:port][absolute-path] File on a FTP server ftp://root:pwd@somehost/pub/downloads/
ftp://root:pwd@somehost/pub/index.html
sftp://[username[:password]@]hostname[:port][absolute-path] File on a SSH or SCP server sftp://root:pwd@somehost/pub/file.tgz
ftps://[username[:password]@]hostname[:port][absolute-path] File on FTP server over SSL ftps://root:pwd@somehost/pub/
smb://[username[:password]@]hostname[:port][absolute-path] File on a Samba server or Windows share smb://somehost/home
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