[Zope] access to external text file

[elena at hpcf.upr.edu]

I'm new to Zope. I need access to a text file external to Zope to extract
some input information for my Zope database.
I installed the LocalFs.1-0-0 product. As soon as I added a LocalFS
object, my folder became unaccesible. I could access it after I removed
LocalFS product.
Can you advice me how to read an external text file with or without LocalFS?
I work with Zope 2.7.0.
Thank you.

Elena.