No. If the server cannot determine the mime type it will use the default as expressed by DefaultType http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#defaulttype This should be set to text/html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:01 PM Subject: RE: [users@httpd] HTML Documents Showing Up As Code Rather Than Web Page > I checked the mime.types.default file and the text/html line does reference the > extensions html and htm. My plan is to add the files with the html<date> > extension > to the list and see how that goes. Because the <date> is variable would the > correct > syntax to add be html$DATE? > > If I were to add an AddType application line to the httpd.conf file, would the > syntax > be AddType application/x-html .html$DATE > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Burden [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thu 3/10/2005 11:39 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] HTML Documents Showing Up As Code Rather Than Web > Page > > So in one case you're using http, and in another case the browser is reading > the file directly from the file system and Apache is not involved. My guess > is that Boyle Owen was right, and there is a mime-type problem. In the > latter case, the browser gets to decide what the mime type is because it has > no other hints. In the former case, the server is sending a mime-type (I'm > guessing text/plain) that makes browsers think it is a plain text file. IE > apparently doesn't care :) > > So, look at the default mime type and make sure it is text/html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:32 AM > Subject: RE: [users@httpd] HTML Documents Showing Up As Code Rather Than Web > Page > > > > Sorry about that --- > > > > When I enter the following text in the web browser's address field: > > > > http://<ip address>/outputfiles > > > > I get to the screen that lists the files in the directory which had > > an alias configuration set up in the httpd.conf file. The files that > > are listed have the following syntax: > > > > <outputfile>.html.<date> ie: scan1.html09-03-05 > > > > When I click on the file it displays the source code of the file. > > > > However, if I enter the following text in the web browser's address field: > > > > /home/admin/outputfiles > > > > I again get to the screen that lists the files in the directory. When I > click > > on the file it displays its information in html format. > > > > UPDATE -- > > I did some further investigating, and the problem that I described > originally > > appears to occur when using the Firefox, Opera, and Netscape web browsers. > > Internet Explorer does not appear to have this problem. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tim Burden [mailto:tim@xxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:24 AM > > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] HTML Documents Showing Up As Code Rather Than > > Web Page > > > > > > Eh? Are you doing some kind of redirect? You really need to give us some > > more info about what the script does and how it's all put together. For > > example, this: > > "If I bring up the file using the /<directory path name> syntax, ie: > > /home/<username>/outputfiles, the page comes up as it should." is > completely > > undecipherable. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Apache User List (E-mail)" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:13 AM > > Subject: FW: [users@httpd] HTML Documents Showing Up As Code Rather Than > Web > > Page > > > > > > > UPDATE -- > > > > > > I did some further investigating, and the problem that I described > > originally > > > appears to occur > > > when using the Firefox, Opera, and Netscape web browsers. Internet > > Explorer does > > > not appear to > > > have this problem. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kaplan, Andrew H. > > > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:48 AM > > > To: Apache User List (E-mail) > > > Subject: [users@httpd] HTML Documents Showing Up As Code Rather Than Web > > > Page > > > > > > > > > Hi there -- > > > > > > I am running a perl script that copies output in the form of an html > page > > to > > > another directory and then removes the original file from the source > > directory. > > > When the file is copied to its new location a date stamp is appended to > > its > > > name. For example <FILE1>.html would become <FILE1>.html<date>. > > > > > > When I bring up the file via a web browser using the URL/<directory > alias> > > > syntax, the file shows up as source code. If I bring up the file using > > > the /<directory path name> syntax, ie: /home/<username>/outputfiles, the > > page > > > comes up as it should. 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