Either you mount the remote file system locally (by AppleShare/NFS/whatever) 
and access it locally (/Volumes/Something/path/to/file, if the local server is 
OSX), or you find an implementation of the network protocol (AFP, NFS, SMB, 
FTP, SFTP, etc.) in Java so that you can access it. 

> How do I access a file on a network server?
> 
> I can open a local file like this:
> 
> File tempFile = new File(detailPath);
> try {
>    InputStream inStream = (InputStream) new FileInputStream(tempFile);
>    int contentLength = (int)tempFile.length();
>    ...
> 
> Is there something "tricky" about accessing a file on a network server? 
> 
> I get the msg "No such file or directory" so of course the path is not right. 
>  Do you have to imbed server name? what about passwords?  ok, I'm totally 
> clueless on this one. :-)
> 
> I have a path that looks something like this: 
> /users/ws17web/filename
> 
> Thanks,
> Calven
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