19.24 mod_mime

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	Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition By Robert Eckstein, Stephen Spainhour
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	Chapter 19.  Apache Modules

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19.24 mod_mime

The mod_mime module contains directives that help to organize various MIME types on the server.

AddCharset

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 [  server config  , or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or  .htaccess  ] 

Associates the specified filename extensions with the named MIME character set. If the extensions are already mapped to another characher set, they are remapped to this one.

AddEncoding

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  AddEncoding   encoding  extension ... 

[ server config , or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Allows you to specify which MIME encodings should be associated with documents from your server. Encodings beginning with x- are used for unofficial encodings. For example:

 AddEncoding x-gzip gz 

AddHandler

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  AddHandler   handler-name  extension ... 

[ server config , or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Maps one or more filename extensions to a specific handler for the server. For example, for CGI scripts, you might use the following:

 AddHandler cgi-script cgi 

AddLanguage

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  AddLanguage   mime-lang  extension ... 

[ server config , or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies that a certain extension should be associated with a specific language for purposes of content negotiation. For example, to associate the extension .francais with French documents, use the following setting:

 AddLanguage fr .francais 

AddType

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  AddType   mime-type  extension ... 

[ server config , or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies a MIME type and subtype to be associated with certain file extensions. For example, if you want to serve a Microsoft Word document:

 AddType application/msword .doc 

AddType directives overrides any extension-to-type mappings in your mime.types file.

DefaultLanguage

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 DefaultLanguage  language  

[ server config , or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies the default language for any files that are not associated with a particular language via AddLanguage.

ForceType

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  ForceType   mime_type  

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies that all files in this directory should be served with the specified type. Appropriate for inclusion in .htaccess files or within <Directory> section directives.

RemoveEncoding

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[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Removes any associated encodinges for files matching the specified extensions.

RemoveHandler

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[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Removes any associated handlers for files matching the specified extensions.

RemoveType

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[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Removes any associated MIME types for files matching the specified extensions.

SetHandler

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  SetHandler   handler  

[Within <Directory>, or .htaccess ]

Specifies that all files in the directory should be passed through the specified handler. Values are:

cgi-script

All files treated as CGI scripts (see Chapter 12)

imap-file

All files treated as imagemap files

send-as-is

All files sent as is without additional server-supplied HTTP headers

server- info

All files sent with server configuration information

server-parsed

All files parsed as server-side includes (see Chapter 12)

type-map

All files parsed as type map files for content negotiation

TypesConfig

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  TypesConfig   filename  

[ server config ]

Specifies the location of the MIME types file. As with other configuration paths, the location may be given as either an absolute path or a relative path to the ServerRoot directory. The default is:

 TypesConfig conf/mime.types 

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