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Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc..
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Ismael Cordeiro |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.. |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:51:28 -0500 (EST) |
On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, David Woolley wrote:
> > HTTP servers have a kind of mime.types files where any mime type can be
> > attributed to any file extension.
>
> That's an implementation detail, although it is true for most servers.
> It is, however, possible to override on a file by file basis on good
> servers, or vary the rules from directory to directory.
I've never found a reference about HTTP servers being able to attribute
media types in a file by file basis. Do you know where I could find more
information on that?
> The problem that people may have is with cheap (or bundled) web space, in
> that the administrators want to minimise the amount of work they do rather
> than support people with uncommon file formats.
A couple of years ago a friend asked me for help about her web site, hosted
on a HTTP server running Apache. Her web site was about Commodore computers
and binary files with Commodore extensions like SFX, SDA, PRG and CVT were
being sent with "Content-type: text/plain", what was confusing some users.
The system administrator said that he could do nothing, that Apache could
only handle extensions like ZIP, GIF, JPG, etc. I looked for information in
the Apache web site and found it. I told her to create on the top directory
of her web site a text file named ".htaccess" with
AddType application/octet-stream sfx
AddType application/octet-stream sda
AddType application/octet-stream prg
AddType application/octet-stream cvt
and the problem disappeared.
Ismael
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- lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., mattack, 1999/01/02
- Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., Larry W. Virden, 1999/01/02
- Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., Klaus Weide, 1999/01/02
- Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., Ismael Cordeiro, 1999/01/02
- Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., David Woolley, 1999/01/04
- Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc..,
Ismael Cordeiro <=
- Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., David Woolley, 1999/01/07
Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., pg, 1999/01/02
Re: lynx-dev mime-types, server responsibility, etc.., Ismael Cordeiro, 1999/01/02