return readDirect(b, off, len);
    }


    /**
     * Reads up to len bytes of data from this input stream into an array of bytes.
     * 
     * @param b
     * @param off
     * @param len
     * @return number of bytes read
     *
     * @throws IOException
     *             if a network error occurs
     */

 * an SMB server addressed by the <code>url</code> parameter. See {@link
 * jcifs.smb1.smb1.SmbFile} for a detailed description and examples of the smb
 * URL syntax.
 *
 * @param url An smb URL string representing the file to read from
 */

    public SmbFileInputStream( String url ) throws SmbException, MalformedURLException, UnknownHostException {
        this( new SmbFile( url ));
    }

/**