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authorJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2000-12-02 22:39:03 +0100
committerJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2000-12-02 22:39:03 +0100
commit951f821c851c3e7c1ba73c4290796e6079a84330 (patch)
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parentMore changes to get BeOS building once more... (diff)
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Consistency enforcement for directives that take extensions and a
reformat of mod_isapi.html into the new standard format. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@87157 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_mime.html
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ which determines how the document will be processed within the server.
The directives <a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a>,
<A HREF="#addencoding">AddEncoding</A>, <A HREF="#addhandler">AddHandler</A>,
-A HREF="#SetFilter">SetFilter</A>, <A HREF="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</A>
+<A HREF="#SetFilter">SetFilter</A>, <A HREF="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</A>
and <A HREF="#addtype">AddType</A> are all used to map file extensions onto
the meta-information for that file. Respectively they set the character set,
content-encoding, handler, content-language, and MIME-type (content-type) of
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ for <A HREF="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</A>, where
the server returns one from several documents based on the client's
charset preference.
</P>
+
+<p>The <em>extension</em> argument is case-insensitive, and can
+be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
+
<P>
<STRONG>See also</STRONG>: <A HREF="mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</A>
</P>
@@ -199,7 +203,9 @@ to any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist
for the same <EM>extension</EM>.
Example:
-<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> AddEncoding x-gzip gz<BR> AddEncoding x-compress Z
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<BR>
+AddEncoding x-compress .Z
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
This will cause filenames containing the .gz extension to be marked as
@@ -218,6 +224,9 @@ you should always use <CODE>x-gzip</CODE> and <CODE>x-compress</CODE>
for these two specific encodings. More recent encodings, such as
<CODE>deflate</CODE> should be specified without the <CODE>x-</CODE>.
+<p>The <em>extension</em> argument is case-insensitive, and can
+be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
+
<P>
<STRONG>See also</STRONG>: <A HREF="#multipleext">Files with
@@ -256,13 +265,16 @@ already exist for the same <EM>extension</EM>.
For example, to activate CGI scripts
with the file extension "<CODE>.cgi</CODE>", you might use:
<PRE>
- AddHandler cgi-script cgi
+ AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
</PRE>
<P>Once that has been put into your srm.conf or httpd.conf file, any
file containing the "<CODE>.cgi</CODE>" extension will be treated as a
CGI program.</P>
+<p>The <em>extension</em> argument is case-insensitive, and can
+be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
+
<P>
<STRONG>See also</STRONG>: <A HREF="#multipleext">Files with
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ same <EM>extension</EM>.
</P>
<P>
Example: <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-AddEncoding x-compress Z<BR> AddLanguage en .en<BR> AddLanguage fr
+AddEncoding x-compress .Z<BR> AddLanguage en .en<BR> AddLanguage fr
.fr<BR> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
</P>
<P>
@@ -329,6 +341,10 @@ case of:
documents with the extension "<CODE>.en</CODE>" would be treated as
being "<CODE>en-us</CODE>".
</P>
+
+<p>The <em>extension</em> argument is case-insensitive, and can
+be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
+
<P>
<STRONG>See also</STRONG>: <A HREF="#multipleext">Files with
multiple extensions</A>
@@ -425,13 +441,16 @@ HREF="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</A></CODE> directive).
Example:
<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
-AddType image/gif GIF
+AddType image/gif .gif
</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
It is recommended that new MIME types be added using the AddType directive
rather than changing the <A HREF="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</A> file.<P>
Note that, unlike the NCSA httpd, this directive cannot be used to set the
type of particular files.<P>
+<p>The <em>extension</em> argument is case-insensitive, and can
+be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
+
<P>
<STRONG>See also</STRONG>: <A HREF="#multipleext">Files with
@@ -559,6 +578,9 @@ This has the effect of returning <SAMP>.html</SAMP> files in the
files, rather than as candidates for parsing (see the
<A HREF="mod_include.html"><SAMP>mod_include</SAMP></A> module).
</P>
+<p>The <em>extension</em> argument is case-insensitive, and can
+be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
+
<HR>
<H2><A NAME="sethandler">SetHandler</A> directive</H2>