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+"""File downloading functions."""
+
+# Authors: The MNE-Python contributors.
+# License: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright the MNE-Python contributors.
+
+import os
+
+
+def _url_to_local_path(url, path):
+    """Mirror a url path in a local destination (keeping folder structure)."""
+    from urllib import parse, request
+
+    destination = parse.urlparse(url).path
+    # First char should be '/', and it needs to be discarded
+    if len(destination) < 2 or destination[0] != "/":
+        raise ValueError("Invalid URL")
+    destination = os.path.join(path, request.url2pathname(destination)[1:])
+    return destination