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File URI Scheme


== Synopsis

Declared in header `<https://www.github.com/boostorg/url/blob/develop/include/boost/url/scheme.hpp#L68[boost/url/scheme.hpp,window=blank_]>`

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== Description


The File URI Scheme is typically used
to retrieve files from within one's
own computer.

=== Specification

* link:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8089[           The "file" URI Scheme (rfc8089)]



