gistfile1.php

<?php

/**
 * Implements hook_stream_wrappers.
 */
function fics_stream_wrapper_stream_wrappers() {
  return array(
    'fics' => array(
      'name' => t('FICS'),
      'class' => 'FICSStreamWrapper',
      'description' => t('Provides fics  path.'),
      'type' => STREAM_WRAPPERS_LOCAL_HIDDEN,
    ),
  );
}


/**
 * FICS (fics://) stream wrapper class.
 *
 * Provides support for storing fics documents with the Drupal file
 * interface.
 */
class FICSStreamWrapper extends DrupalPublicStreamWrapper {

  /**
   * Implements abstract public function getDirectoryPath()
   */
  public function getDirectoryPath() {
    return parent::getDirectoryPath() . '/fics';
  }

  function getExternalUrl() {
    $path = str_replace('\\', '/', $this->getTarget());
    return $GLOBALS['base_url'] . '/' . self::getDirectoryPath() . '/' . drupal_encode_path($path);
  }
}