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Get a stream on a URL or a file
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| private static Stream GetFileOrUrlStream(string filenameOrUrl) | |
| { | |
| // This function should accept the following formats: | |
| // | |
| // http://example.com/downloads/mybitstream.bit | |
| // mybitstream.bin | |
| // ..\..\mybitstream.bin | |
| // C:\dir\mybitstream.bin | |
| // If there is no colon, then it must be a file reference. Make it | |
| // a full path (factor out any ".." and stuff) and let Uri do the | |
| // rest. | |
| // If it has a colon, it's either a) a drive reference before it, | |
| // or b) a URL scheme before it. In both cases the Uri constructor | |
| // will do the right thing. | |
| if (!filenameOrUrl.Contains(":")) | |
| { | |
| filenameOrUrl = Path.GetFullPath(filenameOrUrl); | |
| } | |
| return WebRequest.Create(new Uri(filenameOrUrl)).GetResponse().GetResponseStream(); | |
| } |
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