From dc3e3f69db6a6aa5aed1d604d53c0b4cf156add8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Jansen <jack.jansen@cwi.nl>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 13:22:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed local file access for macintosh

---
 Lib/urllib.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index 7168a5121c0..b06f6bfc5d5 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -17,10 +17,25 @@
 import string
 import socket
 import regex
+import os
 
 
 __version__ = '1.2'
 
+# Helper for non-unix systems
+if os.name == 'mac':
+	def _fixpath(pathname):
+		components = string.split(pathname, '/')
+		if not components[0]:
+			# Absolute unix path, don't start with colon
+			return string.join(components[1:], ':')
+		else:
+			# relative unix path, start with colon
+			return ':' + string.join(components, ':')
+else:
+	def _fixpath(pathname):
+		return pathname
+
 
 # This really consists of two pieces:
 # (1) a class which handles opening of all sorts of URLs
@@ -223,12 +238,12 @@ class URLopener:
 	# Use local file
 	def open_local_file(self, url):
 		host, file = splithost(url)
-		if not host: return addinfo(open(file, 'r'), noheaders())
+		if not host: return addinfo(open(_fixpath(file), 'r'), noheaders())
 		host, port = splitport(host)
 		if not port and socket.gethostbyname(host) in (
 			  localhost(), thishost()):
 			file = unquote(file)
-			return addinfo(open(file, 'r'), noheaders())
+			return addinfo(open(_fixpath(file), 'r'), noheaders())
 		raise IOError, ('local file error', 'not on local host')
 
 	# Use FTP protocol