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Originally posted by Mike
But wouldn't a Python script require the file to be fully downloaded? (which I don't want to happen, because the file is about 2-3 GBs and downloading this file costs minutes 
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And, no, the computers do not have a CD/DVD drive.
I think I need something similar to Linux's symlink command. I found that I can do this on Windows Vista using the mklink command, but this doesn't really help me since their computers are using Windows XP SP2. 
The data will probably still need to go through your computer, yes. Essentially, if you're going to run a program on your computer, you need to get it into memory somehow. The thing about doing it with Python FIFOs would be that you wouldn't have to download all the files, only the ones that were being used at the time [because they would only load when called].
Still, it's unlikely to work. XP should have a working POSIX environment, but if it hasn't got symbolic links, it's unlikely to support fifos either.
was put impeccably into words at DebianDay for me last Saturday, by Knut Yrvin of Trolltech - adults try something once, fail, and then are like "ffs this doesn't work". Children try, fail, and then try again, and succeed - maybe on the second, or even fifth retry. But the thing is that they keep at it and overcome the problems in the end.
-andrewdodd13
