o analyze all files in the repository, do something like this (note: this is not self-contained code):: >>> repos = np.lib._datasource.Repository('/home/user/data/dir/') >>> for filename in filelist: ... fp = repos.open(filename) ... fp.analyze() ... fp.close() Similarly you could use a URL for a repository:: >>> repos = np.lib._datasource.Repository('http://www.xyz.edu/data') c