On Friday 02 February 2001 02:38, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Ned Konz wrote:
> > My DocPaneCache is set to 'file://home/ned/Squeak/docPaneCache/',
> > which is a directory that exists.
>
> I don't think so - this would be the directory "/ned/Squeak/docPaneCache/"
> on host "home" accessed through the "file" protocol (paste that URL into
> Netscape, it does implement the URL stuff correctly). What you mean is
> 'file:/home/ned/Squeak/docPaneCache/', or alternatively
> 'file:///home/ned/Squeak/docPaneCache/', which both have an empty host
> part (though I'd prefer the former).

It's not like I created that URL; it was automagically generated by Squeak in 
DocLibrary>>assureCacheFolder

> Please folks, read the RFC about URLs, it actually is quite simple ;-)

Then there is a bug in FileDirectory>>url :

FileDirectory default url   ==>   'file://home/ned/Squeak/2.9/'

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Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email:     ned at bike-nomad.com
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