raf = new ucar.unidata.io.http.HTTPRandomAccessFile(uriString);
} else if (uriString.startsWith("slurp:")) { // open through URL
uriString = "http" + uriString.substring(5);
byte[] contents = IO.readURLContentsToByteArray(uriString); // read all into memory
raf = new InMemoryRandomAccessFile(uriString, contents);
} else {
// get rid of crappy microsnot \ replace with happy /
uriString = StringUtil.replace(uriString, '\\', "/");