How to read a file from another server? Newbie

[Ivan Voras]

Edward Diener wrote:

> Sean Berry wrote:
> 
>>I am trying to read in a file from another server.
>>
>>If I try
>>x = open("servername:/path/to/file", "r")
> 
> 
> x = open("servername://path/to/file", "r")

Um, what does this to? What protocol does it use?