def get_file(self,
                 path,
                 dest='',
                 makedirs=False,
                 saltenv='base',
                 gzip=None,
                 cachedir=None):
        '''
        Get a single file from the salt-master
        path must be a salt server location, aka, salt://path/to/file, if
        dest is omitted, then the downloaded file will be placed in the minion
        cache
        '''
        path, senv = salt.utils.url.split_env(path)
        if senv:
            saltenv = senv

        if not salt.utils.platform.is_windows():
            hash_server, stat_server = self.hash_and_stat_file(path, saltenv)
            try:
                mode_server = stat_server[0]
            except (IndexError, TypeError):
                mode_server = None
        else:
            hash_server = self.hash_file(path, saltenv)
            mode_server = None

        # Check if file exists on server, before creating files and
        # directories
        if hash_server == '':
            log.debug(
                'Could not find file \'%s\' in saltenv \'%s\'',
                path, saltenv
            )
            return False

        # If dest is a directory, rewrite dest with filename
        if dest is not None \
                and (os.path.isdir(dest) or dest.endswith(('/', '\\'))):
            dest = os.path.join(dest, os.path.basename(path))
            log.debug(
                'In saltenv \'%s\', \'%s\' is a directory. Changing dest to '
                '\'%s\'', saltenv, os.path.dirname(dest), dest
            )

        # Hash compare local copy with master and skip download
        # if no difference found.
        dest2check = dest
        if not dest2check:
            rel_path = self._check_proto(path)

            log.debug(
                'In saltenv \'%s\', looking at rel_path \'%s\' to resolve '
                '\'%s\'', saltenv, rel_path, path
            )
            with self._cache_loc(
                    rel_path, saltenv, cachedir=cachedir) as cache_dest:
                dest2check = cache_dest

        log.debug(
            'In saltenv \'%s\', ** considering ** path \'%s\' to resolve '
            '\'%s\'', saltenv, dest2check, path
        )

        if dest2check and os.path.isfile(dest2check):
            if not salt.utils.platform.is_windows():
                hash_local, stat_local = \
                    self.hash_and_stat_file(dest2check, saltenv)
                try:
                    mode_local = stat_local[0]
                except (IndexError, TypeError):
                    mode_local = None
            else:
                hash_local = self.hash_file(dest2check, saltenv)
                mode_local = None

            if hash_local == hash_server:
                return dest2check

        log.debug(
            'Fetching file from saltenv \'%s\', ** attempting ** \'%s\'',
            saltenv, path
        )
        d_tries = 0
        transport_tries = 0
        path = self._check_proto(path)
        load = {'path': path,
                'saltenv': saltenv,
                'cmd': '_serve_file'}
        if gzip:
            gzip = int(gzip)
            load['gzip'] = gzip

        fn_ = None
        if dest:
            destdir = os.path.dirname(dest)
            if not os.path.isdir(destdir):
                if makedirs:
                    try:
                        os.makedirs(destdir)
                    except OSError as exc:
                        if exc.errno != errno.EEXIST:  # ignore if it was there already
                            raise
                else:
                    return False
            # We need an open filehandle here, that's why we're not using a
            # with clause:
            fn_ = salt.utils.files.fopen(dest, 'wb+')  # pylint: disable=resource-leakage
        else:
            log.debug('No dest file found')

        while True:
            if not fn_:
                load['loc'] = 0
            else:
                load['loc'] = fn_.tell()
            data = self.channel.send(load, raw=True)
            if six.PY3:
                # Sometimes the source is local (eg when using
                # 'salt.fileserver.FSChan'), in which case the keys are
                # already strings. Sometimes the source is remote, in which
                # case the keys are bytes due to raw mode. Standardize on
                # strings for the top-level keys to simplify things.
                data = decode_dict_keys_to_str(data)
            try:
                if not data['data']:
                    if not fn_ and data['dest']:
                        # This is a 0 byte file on the master
                        with self._cache_loc(
                                data['dest'],
                                saltenv,
                                cachedir=cachedir) as cache_dest:
                            dest = cache_dest
                            with salt.utils.files.fopen(cache_dest, 'wb+') as ofile:
                                ofile.write(data['data'])
                    if 'hsum' in data and d_tries < 3:
                        # Master has prompted a file verification, if the
                        # verification fails, re-download the file. Try 3 times
                        d_tries += 1
                        hsum = salt.utils.hashutils.get_hash(dest, salt.utils.stringutils.to_str(data.get('hash_type', b'md5')))
                        if hsum != data['hsum']:
                            log.warning(
                                'Bad download of file %s, attempt %d of 3',
                                path, d_tries
                            )
                            continue
                    break
                if not fn_:
                    with self._cache_loc(
                            data['dest'],
                            saltenv,
                            cachedir=cachedir) as cache_dest:
                        dest = cache_dest
                        # If a directory was formerly cached at this path, then
                        # remove it to avoid a traceback trying to write the file
                        if os.path.isdir(dest):
                            salt.utils.files.rm_rf(dest)
                        fn_ = salt.utils.atomicfile.atomic_open(dest, 'wb+')
                if data.get('gzip', None):
                    data = salt.utils.gzip_util.uncompress(data['data'])
                else:
                    data = data['data']
                if six.PY3 and isinstance(data, str):
                    data = data.encode()
                fn_.write(data)
            except (TypeError, KeyError) as exc:
                try:
                    data_type = type(data).__name__
                except AttributeError:
                    # Shouldn't happen, but don't let this cause a traceback.
                    data_type = six.text_type(type(data))
                transport_tries += 1
                log.warning(
                    'Data transport is broken, got: %s, type: %s, '
                    'exception: %s, attempt %d of 3',
                    data, data_type, exc, transport_tries
                )
                self._refresh_channel()
                if transport_tries > 3:
                    log.error(
                        'Data transport is broken, got: %s, type: %s, '
                        'exception: %s, retry attempts exhausted',
                        data, data_type, exc
                    )
                    break

        if fn_:
            fn_.close()
            log.info(
                'Fetching file from saltenv \'%s\', ** done ** \'%s\'',
                saltenv, path
            )
        else:
            log.debug(
                'In saltenv \'%s\', we are ** missing ** the file \'%s\'',
                saltenv, path
            )

        return dest