*/
    public URL toURL() throws MalformedURLException {
        return url;
    }

/**
 * Computes a hashCode for this file based on the URL string and IP
 * address if the server. The hashing function uses the hashcode of the
 * server address, the canonical representation of the URL, and does not
 * compare authentication information. In essance, two
 * <code>SmbFile</code> objects that refer to