11.5.16 FileHandler Objects

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11.5.16 FileHandler Objects

`file_open`( | req)

  Open the file locally, if there is no host name, or the host name is `'localhost'`. Change the protocol to `ftp` otherwise, and retry opening it using `parent`.

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