protocols.html#toc-file">3.7 file</a></h2>

<p>File access protocol.
</p>
<p>Read from or write to a file.
</p>
<p>A file URL can have the form:
</p><div class="example">
<pre class="example">file:<var>filename</var>
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<p>where <var>filename</var> is the path of the file to read.
</p>
<p>An URL that does not have a protocol prefix will be assumed to be a
file URL. Depending on the build, an URL that looks like a Windows
path with the drive letter at the beginning will also be assumed to be
a fil