From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 23:34:01 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Interpret three slashes in file: URL as local file (for Netscape on
X-Git-Tag: v1.5a4~353
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b6784dc53f41def6dcf59585038cd720c2f66969;p=python

Interpret three slashes in file: URL as local file (for Netscape on
Windows/Mac).
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diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index d9040cc99e..337015fed0 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ class URLopener:
 
 	# Use local file or FTP depending on form of URL
 	def open_file(self, url):
-		if url[:2] == '//':
-			return self.open_ftp(url)
-		else:
-			return self.open_local_file(url)
+	    if url[:2] == '//' and url[2:3] != '/':
+		return self.open_ftp(url)
+	    else:
+		return self.open_local_file(url)
 
 	# Use local file
 	def open_local_file(self, url):