How to read a file from another server? Newbie

[djw]

Ivan Voras wrote:
> 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?

I can see how this might work for a Windows server, but wouldn't the 
forward slashes need to be back slashes? And the path to the file would 
have to be a shared drive on the server.

-D