Try putting one extra '/' after the uri:

file:///path/file.html

otherwise your 'path' part would have to be relative to FileDirectory 
default. If it is relative, I'm not sure :-)

Brian

On Mar 3, 2005, at 5:44 AM, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote:

> I am trying to use scamper to read html files from disk, i.e. using url
> like file://path/file.html
> In Squeak 3.5 it worked fine, but with >=3.7 it doesn't work. I always
> get an "Error retrieving this URL" message.
> It also happens using browser:about as url.
> I am using squeak on Debian and everything else seems to be fine. I
> don't have a windows machine to test if it is a problem related to the
> filesystem.
> After searching in this list and in bugs.impara.de, nobody else has
> noticed this behaviour, so maybe it is because of my setup.
> Can anybody else confirm this error before sending a bug report?
> Regards.
>