.htacess subdirectory

[eluser]dexter21[/eluser]
Hi, i have following lines on my .htacces

Code:

RewriteRule ^/codeigniter/([^/\.][^\.]+)/?$ /codeigniter/index.php?$1 [L]

if i type on explorer http://www.mysite.com/codeigniter/whoare/ it right redirect , but if i type http://www.mysite.com/codeigniter/whoare.html it said that page dont exist.

Any help plz, i need to load same page with http://www.mysite.com/codeigniter/whoare and http://www.mysite.com/codeigniter/whoare.html.

Many thanks