[HtmlUnit] Re: HtmlUnit-develop digest, Vol 1 #64 - 6 msgs

[Brad C. <bc...@bo...>]

Best I can find is http://www.w3.org/Addressing/rfc1738.txt section 3.10. 
It's not very descriptive though

Brad C


>Message: 4
>Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 06:15:23 -0500
>From: Mike Bowler <mb...@Ga...>
>Organization: Gargoyle Software
>To:  htm...@li...
>Subject: Re: [HtmlUnit] Read from local files
>
>Brad Clarke wrote:
>  > Is there any way to point htmlunit at local files? I tried file:// but
>  > it says the protocol is not supported ( tested using recent CVS and
>  > also just upgraded to 1.2)
>
>At present, no.  I looked into this at one point and couldn't find a
>definitive definition of the file protocol.  Experimentations shows that
>different browsers and different platforms seem to use slightly
>different syntax for file urls.  A file url generated by one browser
>likely won't work in another browser.
>
>If someone could point me at an RFC or something equivilent that
>describes the file protocol in detail (for all platforms/browsers) then
>I'd be willing to add support for this.
>
>--
>Mike Bowler
>Principal, Gargoyle Software Inc.
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