def get_contents(self):
        if not self.rexists():
            return ''

        abspath = self.rfile().abspath
        try:
            return open(abspath, "rb").read()
        except MemoryError, e:
            raise MemoryError('Not enough memory to read the entire file "%s"' % abspath)
        except IOError, e:
            from sys import stderr
            print>>stderr, 'WRN: Fast access failed, using slow access to the (probably) network share "%s"' % abspath

            buf = ''
            MAGIC_UNC_SIZE = 0x2c29fff
            bytesleft = os.path.getsize(abspath)
            f = open(abspath, "rb")
            while bytesleft > len(buf):
                new_buf = f.read(MAGIC_UNC_SIZE)
                if not new_buf:
                    raise e
                buf += new_buf
            f.close()