}

        try {
            final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(path.length() + 100);
            for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
                final char c = path.charAt(i);
                if (CharUtil.isUrlChar(c) || c == '^' || c == '{' || c == '}' || c == '|' || c == '\\') {
                    buf.append(c);
                } else {

        p2 = path2.lastIndexOf('/');
        l1 = path1.length() - p1;
        l2 = path2.length() - p2;

        // anything with dots voids comparison
        if ((l1 > 1 && path1.charAt(p1 + 1) == '.') || (l2 > 1 && path2.charAt(p2 + 1) == '.')) {
            return true;
        }

        return l1 == l2 && path1.regionMatches(true, p1, path2, p2, l1);
    }

    /**

    protected static String toPlainPattern(final String pattern) {
        final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(pattern.length());
        for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
            final char ch = pattern.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                buf.append(ch);
            }
        }
        if (buf.indexOf("HH") == -1) {

    protected static String toPlainPattern(final String pattern) {
        final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(pattern.length());
        for (int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); ++i) {
            final char ch = pattern.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLetterOrDigit(ch) || Character.isWhitespace(ch)) {
                buf.append(ch);
            }
        }
        if (buf.indexOf("yy") == -1) {

        final int start = di;
        int ch;
        final int strlen = str.length();

        for (int i = 0; di < dlim && i < strlen; i++) {
            ch = str.charAt(i);
            if (ch >= 0x0001 && ch <= 0x007F) {
                dst[di] = (byte) ch;
                di++;
            } else {
                if (ch > 0x07FF) {
                    if (dlim - di < 3) {

        }
        if (url.startsWith("file:")) {
            final String value = decodeUrlAsName(url.substring(5), true);
            if (value.length() > 2 && value.charAt(2) == ':') {
                // Windows
                return abbreviateSite(value.substring(1).replace('/', '\\'));
            }
            // Unix
            return abbreviateSite(value);
        }

        final int len = path.length();

        do {
            if (ri == rlast) {
                result[rlast] = path.substring(b);
                return;
            }
            if (i == len || path.charAt(i) == '\\') {
                result[ri] = path.substring(b, i);
                ri++;
                b = i + 1;
            }
        } while (i++ < len);

        while (ri < result.length) {

                String server = authorityServerName;
                final int dot = server.indexOf('.');
                if (dot > 0 && !Character.isDigit(server.charAt(0))) {
                    server = server.substring(0, dot);
                }
                policyHandle = new LsaPolicyHandle(handle, "\\\\" + server, 0x00000800);

     */
    protected String convertRobotsTxtPatternToRegex(final String path) {
        String newPath = path.replace(".", "\\.").replace("?", "\\?").replace("*", ".*");
        if (newPath.charAt(0) != '/') {
            newPath = ".*" + newPath;
        }
        if (!newPath.endsWith("$") && !newPath.endsWith(".*")) {
            newPath = newPath + ".*";
        }

     */
    public SmbFile(final URL url, final CIFSContext tc) throws MalformedURLException {
        super(url);
        if (url.getPath() != null && !url.getPath().isEmpty() && url.getPath().charAt(0) != '/') {
            throw new MalformedURLException("Invalid SMB URL: " + url);
        }
        this.transportContext = tc;
        this.fileLocator = new SmbResourceLocatorImpl(tc, url);