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NAME

httpd.mimetypes - map of file suffixes to MIME Content-Type

SYNOPSIS

/etc/httpd.mimetypes

DESCRIPTION

For HTTP/1.0 and higher protocols, a MIME header is returned in the reply of every GET request. This header includes a "Content-Type" field, whose contents is determined by examining the suffix of the file being transmitted.

The /etc/httpd.mimetypes contains the mapping of filename suffixes to MIME Content-Type. The format of each line is: suffix, Content-Type. Comments are introduced with a "#".

EXAMPLE

# map .ps files to PostScript
ps application/postscript


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