Users are not really supposed to edit the mime.types file directly. I think this is what the AddType directive is for. The Apache webmaster may have edited the mime.types file. Most likely, he/she has just added the following directive to httpd.conf. # AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration # file mime.types for specific file types. AddType application/x-compress .Z AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz AddType application/x-httpd-php .php AddType application/x-httpd-php .hml AddType application/x-httpd-php .htm AddType application/x-httpd-php .html AddType application/x-httpd-php .js Keith In theory, theory and practice are the same; In practice they are not. On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Boyle Owen wrote: > To: Apache list <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> From: Boyle Owen > <Owen.Boyle@xxxxxxx> Subject: [users@httpd] default > mime.types does not contain "gz" - any reason > why not? > > Greetings, > > I have just realised that the default version of > mime.types which comes with apache distros 1.3 & 2.0 does > not contain an extension for the type > "application/x-gzip". This means that if you have a file > on your site like download.tar.gz, it will be served with > "Content-type: application/x-tar" (I guess apache falls > back to the .tar when it can't find anything for .gz). > > This is not a problem for a unix machine, it just saves the file as download.tar.gz and then you can gunzip it as normal. However, on a Windows platform, the combination of the two dots in the filename and the misleading mime-type causes the OS to save the file as "download.tar.tar". Thus it can't be recognised by WinZip et al. > > [Let's leave aside, for the moment, the issue of why would > want to download a tar.gz on a Windows machine :-] > > The simple fix is to assign "application/x-gzip" the > extension "gz" in mime.types. Then the file is served with > "Content-type: application/x-gzip", windows can save the > file without munging the name and WinZip is happy. > > Is this simply an omission or is anyone aware of any > reason why application/x-gzip should not be assigned an > extension? > > Rgds, > Owen Boyle > Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > PS - I checked the apache download sites and they send the > correct mime-type for httpd-2.2.0.tar.gz, for example. > Does this mean that the apache site webmaster must have > had to edit his own mime.types? If so, he might've > committed the change to the distro too.... :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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