file i/o api for URL

[email protected] ([email protected])
Thu, 12 May 1994 16:29:07 +0500

I need a file i/o api (you know: open, close, read, seek, ...) for URLs. This
would give me a simple way to let any application access local or remote
files. Does anybody have this kind of code already or have a suggestion
other than hacking it out of the www lib? Thanks. Leo.