Hmmmm, module idea ... could one not write a module which overloads open(), and checks the string for ftp://, http://, etc ... and use sub-modules to invoke LWP, Net::FTP, etc ... ? If this was done, and the file name did not being with one of these known strings, the module could use the built-in open. That would make a new 'drop-in' solution. I will write the module, but does anyone think it will be usefull ?

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