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22 <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_mime</h1>
24 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_mime.html" title="English"> en </a> |
25 <a href="../ja/mod/mod_mime.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a></p>
27 <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Associates the requested filename's extensions
28 with the file's behavior (handlers and filters)
29 and content (mime-type, language, character set and
31 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
32 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>mime_module</td></tr>
33 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_mime.c</td></tr></table>
36 <p>This module is used to associate various bits of "meta
37 information" with files by their filename extensions. This
38 information relates the filename of the document to it's
39 mime-type, language, character set and encoding. This
40 information is sent to the browser, and participates in content
41 negotiation, so the user's preferences are respected when
42 choosing one of several possible files to serve. See
43 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> for more information
44 about <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>.</p>
46 <p>The directives <code class="directive"><a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> are all used to map file
47 extensions onto the meta-information for that file. Respectively
48 they set the character set, content-encoding, content-language,
49 and MIME-type (content-type) of documents. The directive <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> is used to specify a
50 file which also maps extensions onto MIME types. </p>
52 <p>In addition, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> may define the <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> and <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> that originate and process
53 content. The directives <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code> control the modules
54 or scripts that serve the document. The <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive allows
55 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> to consider these file extensions
56 to be included when testing Multiviews matches.</p>
58 <p>While <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> associates meta-information
59 with filename extensions, the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code> server
60 provides directives that are used to associate all the files in a
61 given container (<em>e.g.</em>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code>, or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files"><Files></a></code>) with particular
62 meta-information. These directives include <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>, and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code>. The core directives
63 override any filename extension mappings defined in
64 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>.</p>
66 <p>Note that changing the meta-information for a file does not
67 change the value of the <code>Last-Modified</code> header.
68 Thus, previously cached copies may still be used by a client or
69 proxy, with the previous headers. If you change the
70 meta-information (language, content type, character set or
71 encoding) you may need to 'touch' affected files (updating
72 their last modified date) to ensure that all visitors are
73 receive the corrected content headers.</p>
75 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
77 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></li>
78 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></li>
79 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></li>
80 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></li>
81 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></li>
82 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></li>
83 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addtype">AddType</a></li>
84 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#defaultlanguage">DefaultLanguage</a></li>
85 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#modmimeusepathinfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a></li>
86 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></li>
87 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removecharset">RemoveCharset</a></li>
88 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeencoding">RemoveEncoding</a></li>
89 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removehandler">RemoveHandler</a></li>
90 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></li>
91 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removelanguage">RemoveLanguage</a></li>
92 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></li>
93 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removetype">RemoveType</a></li>
94 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></li>
98 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></li>
99 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#contentencoding">Content encoding</a></li>
100 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></li>
101 </ul><h3>See also</h3>
103 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code></li>
104 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
105 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
106 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code></li>
107 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
108 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
109 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
111 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
112 <div class="section">
113 <h2><a name="multipleext" id="multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></h2>
114 <p>Files can have more than one extension, and the order of the
115 extensions is <em>normally</em> irrelevant. For example, if the
116 file <code>welcome.html.fr</code> maps onto content type
117 <code>text/html</code> and language French then the file
118 <code>welcome.fr.html</code> will map onto exactly the same information.
119 If more than one extension is given which maps onto the same
120 type of meta-information, then the one to the right will be
121 used, except for languages and content encodings. For example, if
122 <code>.gif</code> maps to the MIME-type <code>image/gif</code> and
123 <code>.html</code> maps to the MIME-type <code>text/html</code>, then the
124 file <code>welcome.gif.html</code> will be associated with the MIME-type
125 <code>text/html</code>.</p>
127 <p><a href="#charset-lang">Languages</a> and <a href="#contentencoding">content encodings</a> are treated accumulative, because one can assign
128 more than one language or encoding to a particular resource. For example,
129 the file <code>welcome.html.en.de</code> will be delivered with
130 <code>Content-Language: en, de</code> and <code>Content-Type:
131 text/html</code>.</p>
133 <p>Care should be taken when a file with multiple extensions
134 gets associated with both a MIME-type and a handler. This will
135 usually result in the request being by the module associated
136 with the handler. For example, if the <code>.imap</code>
137 extension is mapped to the handler <code>imap-file</code> (from
138 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imap.html">mod_imap</a></code>) and the <code>.html</code> extension is
139 mapped to the MIME-type <code>text/html</code>, then the file
140 <code>world.imap.html</code> will be associated with both the
141 <code>imap-file</code> handler and <code>text/html</code> MIME-type.
142 When it is processed, the <code>imap-file</code> handler will be used,
143 and so it will be treated as a <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imap.html">mod_imap</a></code> imagemap
145 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
146 <div class="section">
147 <h2><a name="contentencoding" id="contentencoding">Content encoding</a></h2>
148 <p>A file of a particular MIME type can additionally be encoded a
149 particular way to simplify transmission over the Internet.
150 While this usually will refer to compression, such as
151 <code>gzip</code>, it can also refer to encryption, such a
152 <code>pgp</code> or to an encoding such as UUencoding, which is
153 designed for transmitting a binary file in an ASCII (text)
156 <p>The <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">HTTP/1.1
157 RFC</a>, section 14.11 puts it this way:</p>
159 <blockquote cite="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">
160 <p>The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to
161 the media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional
162 content codings have been applied to the entity-body, and thus what
163 decoding mechanisms must be applied in order to obtain the media-type
164 referenced by the Content-Type header field. Content-Encoding is
165 primarily used to allow a document to be compressed without losing
166 the identity of its underlying media type.</p>
169 <p>By using more than one file extension (see <a href="#multipleext">section above about multiple file
170 extensions</a>), you can indicate that a file is of a
171 particular <em>type</em>, and also has a particular
172 <em>encoding</em>. </p>
174 <p>For example, you may have a file which is a Microsoft Word
175 document, which is pkzipped to reduce its size. If the
176 <code>.doc</code> extension is associated with the Microsoft
177 Word file type, and the <code>.zip</code> extension is
178 associated with the pkzip file encoding, then the file
179 <code>Resume.doc.zip</code> would be known to be a pkzip'ed Word
182 <p>Apache sends a <code>Content-encoding</code> header with the
183 resource, in order to tell the client browser about the
186 <div class="example"><p><code>Content-encoding: pkzip</code></p></div>
187 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
188 <div class="section">
189 <h2><a name="charset-lang" id="charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></h2>
190 <p>In addition to file type and the file encoding,
191 another important piece of information is what language a
192 particular document is in, and in what character set the file
193 should be displayed. For example, the document might be written
194 in the Vietnamese alphabet, or in Cyrillic, and should be
195 displayed as such. This information, also, is transmitted in
198 <p>The character set, language, encoding and mime type are all
199 used in the process of content negotiation (See
200 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>) to determine
201 which document to give to the client, when there are
202 alternative documents in more than one character set, language,
203 encoding or mime type. All filename extensions associations
204 created with <code class="directive"><a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></code>,
205 <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives
206 (and extensions listed in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code>) participate in this select process.
207 Filename extensions that are only associated using the <code class="directive"><a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code> directives may be included or excluded
208 from matching by using the <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive.</p>
210 <h3><a name="charset" id="charset">Charset</a></h3>
211 <p>To convey this further information, Apache optionally sends
212 a <code>Content-Language</code> header, to specify the language
213 that the document is in, and can append additional information
214 onto the <code>Content-Type</code> header to indicate the
215 particular character set that should be used to correctly
216 render the information.</p>
218 <div class="example"><p><code>
219 Content-Language: en, fr<br />
220 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
223 <p>The language specification is the two-letter abbreviation
224 for the language. The <code>charset</code> is the name of the
225 particular character set which should be used.</p>
228 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
229 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddCharset" id="AddCharset">AddCharset</a> <a name="addcharset" id="addcharset">Directive</a></h2>
230 <table class="directive">
231 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified content
233 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddCharset <var>charset</var> <var>extension</var>
234 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
235 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
236 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
237 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
238 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
240 <p>The <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive maps the given
241 filename extensions to the specified content charset. <var>charset</var>
242 is the <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">MIME
243 charset parameter</a> of filenames containing
244 <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
245 overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
246 <var>extension</var>.</p>
248 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
249 AddLanguage ja .ja<br />
250 AddCharset EUC-JP .euc<br />
251 AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .jis<br />
252 AddCharset SHIFT_JIS .sjis
255 <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.ja.jis</code> will be treated
256 as being a Japanese document whose charset is <code>ISO-2022-JP</code>
257 (as will the document <code>xxxx.jis.ja</code>). The
258 <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive is useful for both to
259 inform the client about the character encoding of the document so that
260 the document can be interpreted and displayed appropriately, and for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>,
261 where the server returns one from several documents based on
262 the client's charset preference.</p>
264 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
265 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
269 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
270 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
273 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
274 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddEncoding" id="AddEncoding">AddEncoding</a> <a name="addencoding" id="addencoding">Directive</a></h2>
275 <table class="directive">
276 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified encoding
278 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddEncoding <var>MIME-enc</var> <var>extension</var>
279 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
280 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
281 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
282 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
283 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
285 <p>The <code class="directive">AddEncoding</code> directive maps the given
286 filename extensions to the specified encoding type. <var>MIME-enc</var>
287 is the MIME encoding to use for documents containing the
288 <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
289 overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
290 <var>extension</var>.</p>
292 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
293 AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<br />
294 AddEncoding x-compress .Z
297 <p>This will cause filenames containing the <code>.gz</code> extension
298 to be marked as encoded using the <code>x-gzip</code> encoding, and
299 filenames containing the <code>.Z</code> extension to be marked as
300 encoded with <code>x-compress</code>.</p>
302 <p>Old clients expect <code>x-gzip</code> and <code>x-compress</code>,
303 however the standard dictates that they're equivalent to
304 <code>gzip</code> and <code>compress</code> respectively. Apache does
305 content encoding comparisons by ignoring any leading <code>x-</code>.
306 When responding with an encoding Apache will use whatever form
307 (<em>i.e.</em>, <code>x-foo</code> or <code>foo</code>) the
308 client requested. If the client didn't specifically request a
309 particular form Apache will use the form given by the
310 <code>AddEncoding</code> directive. To make this long story
311 short, you should always use <code>x-gzip</code> and
312 <code>x-compress</code> for these two specific encodings. More
313 recent encodings, such as <code>deflate</code> should be
314 specified without the <code>x-</code>.</p>
316 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
317 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
320 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
321 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddHandler" id="AddHandler">AddHandler</a> <a name="addhandler" id="addhandler">Directive</a></h2>
322 <table class="directive">
323 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the filename extensions to the specified
325 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddHandler <var>handler-name</var> <var>extension</var>
326 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
327 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
328 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
329 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
330 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
332 <p>Files having the name <var>extension</var> will be served by the
333 specified <var><a href="../handler.html">handler-name</a></var>. This
334 mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that
335 already exist for the same <var>extension</var>. For example, to
336 activate CGI scripts with the file extension <code>.cgi</code>, you
339 <div class="example"><p><code>
340 AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
343 <p>Once that has been put into your httpd.conf file, any file containing
344 the <code>.cgi</code> extension will be treated as a CGI program.</p>
346 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
347 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
351 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
354 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
355 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddInputFilter" id="AddInputFilter">AddInputFilter</a> <a name="addinputfilter" id="addinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
356 <table class="directive">
357 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
358 client requests</td></tr>
359 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddInputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
360 <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
361 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
362 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
363 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
364 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
365 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>AddInputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
368 <p><code class="directive">AddInputFilter</code> maps the filename extension
369 <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which
370 will process client requests and POST input when they are received by
371 the server. This is in addition to any filters defined elsewhere,
372 including the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>
373 directive. This mapping is merged over any already in force, overriding
374 any mappings that already exist for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>
376 <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
377 by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
378 content. Both the filter and <var>extension</var> arguments are
379 case-insensitive, and the extension may be specified with or
380 without a leading dot.</p>
384 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></code></li>
385 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
388 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
389 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddLanguage" id="AddLanguage">AddLanguage</a> <a name="addlanguage" id="addlanguage">Directive</a></h2>
390 <table class="directive">
391 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extension to the specified content
393 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddLanguage <var>MIME-lang</var> <var>extension</var>
394 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
395 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
396 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
397 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
398 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
400 <p>The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive maps the given
401 filename extension to the specified content language.
402 <var>MIME-lang</var> is the MIME language of filenames containing
403 <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
404 overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
405 <var>extension</var>.</p>
407 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
408 AddEncoding x-compress .Z<br />
409 AddLanguage en .en<br />
413 <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.en.Z</code> will be treated as
414 being a compressed English document (as will the document
415 <code>xxxx.Z.en</code>). Although the content language is
416 reported to the client, the browser is unlikely to use this
417 information. The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive is
418 more useful for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content
419 negotiation</a>, where the server returns one from several documents
420 based on the client's language preference.</p>
422 <p>If multiple language assignments are made for the same
423 extension, the last one encountered is the one that is used.
424 That is, for the case of:</p>
426 <div class="example"><p><code>
427 AddLanguage en .en<br />
428 AddLanguage en-gb .en<br />
429 AddLanguage en-us .en
432 <p>documents with the extension <code>.en</code> would be treated as
433 being <code>en-us</code>.</p>
435 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
436 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
440 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
443 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
444 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddOutputFilter" id="AddOutputFilter">AddOutputFilter</a> <a name="addoutputfilter" id="addoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
445 <table class="directive">
446 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
447 responses from the server</td></tr>
448 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddOutputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
449 <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
450 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
451 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
452 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
453 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
454 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>AddOutputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
457 <p>The <code class="directive">AddOutputFilter</code> directive maps the
458 filename extension <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which will process responses
459 from the server before they are sent to the client. This is in
460 addition to any filters defined elsewhere, including <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#addoutputfilterbytype">AddOutputFilterByType</a></code> directive. This mapping is merged
461 over any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist
462 for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>
464 <p>For example, the following configuration will process all
465 <code>.shtml</code> files for server-side includes and will then
466 compress the output using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code>.</p>
468 <div class="example"><p><code>
469 AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml
472 <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
473 by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
474 content. Both the <var>filter</var> and <var>extension</var> arguments
475 are case-insensitive, and the extension may be specified with or
476 without a leading dot.</p>
480 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></code></li>
481 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
484 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
485 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddType" id="AddType">AddType</a> <a name="addtype" id="addtype">Directive</a></h2>
486 <table class="directive">
487 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions onto the specified content
489 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddType <var>MIME-type</var> <var>extension</var>
490 [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
491 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
492 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
493 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
494 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
496 <p>The <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive maps the given filename
497 extensions onto the specified content type. <var>MIME-type</var> is the
498 MIME type to use for filenames containing <var>extension</var>. This
499 mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that
500 already exist for the same <var>extension</var>. This directive can
501 be used to add mappings not listed in the MIME types file (see the
502 <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> directive).</p>
504 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
505 AddType image/gif .gif
509 It is recommended that new MIME types be added using the
510 <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive rather than changing the
511 <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> file.
514 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
515 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
519 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code></li>
520 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
523 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
524 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DefaultLanguage" id="DefaultLanguage">DefaultLanguage</a> <a name="defaultlanguage" id="defaultlanguage">Directive</a></h2>
525 <table class="directive">
526 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets all files in the given scope to the specified
528 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DefaultLanguage <var>MIME-lang</var></code></td></tr>
529 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
530 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
531 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
532 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
534 <p>The <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive tells Apache
535 that all files in the directive's scope (<em>e.g.</em>, all files
536 covered by the current <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code> container) that don't have an explicit language
537 extension (such as <code>.fr</code> or <code>.de</code> as configured
538 by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>) should be
539 considered to be in the specified <var>MIME-lang</var> language. This
540 allows entire directories to be marked as containing Dutch content, for
541 instance, without having to rename each file. Note that unlike using
542 extensions to specify languages, <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code>
543 can only specify a single language.</p>
545 <p>If no <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive is in force,
546 and a file does not have any language extensions as configured
547 by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>, then that file
548 will be considered to have no language attribute.</p>
550 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
556 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
559 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
560 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ModMimeUsePathInfo" id="ModMimeUsePathInfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a> <a name="modmimeusepathinfo" id="modmimeusepathinfo">Directive</a></h2>
561 <table class="directive">
562 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Tells <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> to treat <code>path_info</code>
563 components as part of the filename</td></tr>
564 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo On|Off</code></td></tr>
565 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo Off</code></td></tr>
566 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
567 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
568 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
569 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.41 and later</td></tr>
571 <p>The <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> directive is used to
572 combine the filename with the <code>path_info</code> URL component to
573 apply <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>'s directives to the request. The default
574 value is <code>Off</code> - therefore, the <code>path_info</code>
575 component is ignored.</p>
577 <p>This directive is recommended when you have a virtual filesystem.</p>
579 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
580 ModMimeUsePathInfo On
583 <p>If you have a request for <code>/bar/foo.shtml</code> where
584 <code>/bar</code> is a Location and <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is <code>On</code>,
585 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> will treat the incoming request as
586 <code>/bar/foo.shtml</code> and directives like <code>AddOutputFilter
587 INCLUDES .shtml</code> will add the <code>INCLUDES</code> filter to the
588 request. If <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is not set, the
589 <code>INCLUDES</code> filter will not be added.</p>
593 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
596 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
597 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MultiviewsMatch" id="MultiviewsMatch">MultiviewsMatch</a> <a name="multiviewsmatch" id="multiviewsmatch">Directive</a></h2>
598 <table class="directive">
599 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The types of files that will be included when searching for
600 a matching file with MultiViews</td></tr>
601 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch Any|NegotiatedOnly|Filters|Handlers
602 [Handlers|Filters]</code></td></tr>
603 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch NegotiatedOnly</code></td></tr>
604 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
605 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
606 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
607 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
608 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.26 and later.</td></tr>
610 <p><code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> permits three different
611 behaviors for <a href="mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a>'s
612 Multiviews feature. Multiviews allows a request for a file,
613 <em>e.g.</em> <code>index.html</code>, to match any negotiated
614 extensions following the base request, <em>e.g.</em>
615 <code>index.html.en</code>, <code>index.html.fr</code>, or
616 <code>index.html.gz</code>.</p>
618 <p>The <code>NegotiatedOnly</code> option provides that every extension
619 following the base name must correlate to a recognized
620 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> extension for content negotation, <em>e.g.</em>
621 Charset, Content-Type, Language, or Encoding. This is the strictest
622 implementation with the fewest unexpected side effects, and is the
623 default behavior.</p>
625 <p>To include extensions associated with Handlers and/or Filters,
626 set the <code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> directive to either
627 <code>Handlers</code>, <code>Filters</code>, or both option keywords.
628 If all other factors are equal, the smallest file will be served,
629 <em>e.g.</em> in deciding between <code>index.html.cgi</code> of 500
630 bytes and <code>index.html.pl</code> of 1000 bytes, the <code>.cgi</code>
631 file would win in this example. Users of <code>.asis</code> files
632 might prefer to use the Handler option, if <code>.asis</code> files are
633 associated with the <code>asis-handler</code>.</p>
635 <p>You may finally allow <code>Any</code> extensions to match, even if
636 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> doesn't recognize the extension. This was the
637 behavior in Apache 1.3, and can cause unpredicatable results, such as
638 serving .old or .bak files the webmaster never expected to be served.</p>
640 <p>For example, the following configuration will allow handlers
641 and filters to participate in Multviews, but will exclude unknown
644 <div class="example"><p><code>
645 MultiviewsMatch Handlers Filters
650 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li>
651 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
654 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
655 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveCharset" id="RemoveCharset">RemoveCharset</a> <a name="removecharset" id="removecharset">Directive</a></h2>
656 <table class="directive">
657 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any character set associations for a set of file
659 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveCharset <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
661 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
662 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
663 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
664 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
665 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveCharset is only available in Apache 2.0.24 and
668 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveCharset</code> directive removes any
669 character set associations for files with the given extensions.
670 This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
671 undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
672 server config files.</p>
674 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
675 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
677 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
678 RemoveCharset .html .shtml
682 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
683 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveEncoding" id="RemoveEncoding">RemoveEncoding</a> <a name="removeencoding" id="removeencoding">Directive</a></h2>
684 <table class="directive">
685 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content encoding associations for a set of file
687 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveEncoding <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
689 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
690 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
691 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
692 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
694 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directive removes any
695 encoding associations for files with the given extensions. This
696 allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
697 any associations inherited from parent directories or the
698 server config files. An example of its use might be:</p>
700 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
701 AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<br />
702 AddType text/plain .asc<br />
703 <Files *.gz.asc><br />
704 <span class="indent">
705 RemoveEncoding .gz<br />
710 <p>This will cause <code>foo.gz</code> to be marked as being
711 encoded with the gzip method, but <code>foo.gz.asc</code> as an
712 unencoded plaintext file.</p>
714 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
715 <p><code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directives are processed
716 <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>
717 directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the latter
718 if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
721 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
722 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
725 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
726 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveHandler" id="RemoveHandler">RemoveHandler</a> <a name="removehandler" id="removehandler">Directive</a></h2>
727 <table class="directive">
728 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any handler associations for a set of file
730 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveHandler <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
732 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
733 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
734 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
735 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
737 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveHandler</code> directive removes any
738 handler associations for files with the given extensions. This allows
739 <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo any
740 associations inherited from parent directories or the server
741 config files. An example of its use might be:</p>
743 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
744 AddHandler server-parsed .html
747 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/bar/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
751 <p>This has the effect of returning <code>.html</code> files in
752 the <code>/foo/bar</code> directory to being treated as normal
753 files, rather than as candidates for parsing (see the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code> module).</p>
755 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
756 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
759 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
760 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveInputFilter" id="RemoveInputFilter">RemoveInputFilter</a> <a name="removeinputfilter" id="removeinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
761 <table class="directive">
762 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any input filter associations for a set of file
764 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveInputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
766 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
767 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
768 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
769 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
770 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveInputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
773 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveInputFilter</code> directive removes any
774 input <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> associations for files with
775 the given extensions.
776 This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
777 undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
778 server config files.</p>
780 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
781 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
785 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code></li>
786 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
789 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
790 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveLanguage" id="RemoveLanguage">RemoveLanguage</a> <a name="removelanguage" id="removelanguage">Directive</a></h2>
791 <table class="directive">
792 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any language associations for a set of file
794 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveLanguage <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
796 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
797 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
798 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
799 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
800 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveLanguage is only available in Apache 2.0.24 and
803 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveLanguage</code> directive removes any
804 language associations for files with the given extensions. This
805 allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
806 any associations inherited from parent directories or the
807 server config files.</p>
809 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
810 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
813 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
814 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveOutputFilter" id="RemoveOutputFilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a> <a name="removeoutputfilter" id="removeoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
815 <table class="directive">
816 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any output filter associations for a set of file
818 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveOutputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
820 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
821 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
822 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
823 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
824 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveOutputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
827 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveOutputFilter</code> directive removes any
828 output <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> associations for files with
829 the given extensions.
830 This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
831 undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
832 server config files.</p>
834 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
835 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
837 <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
838 RemoveOutputFilter shtml
843 <li><code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code></li>
846 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
847 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveType" id="RemoveType">RemoveType</a> <a name="removetype" id="removetype">Directive</a></h2>
848 <table class="directive">
849 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content type associations for a set of file
851 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveType <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
853 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
854 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
855 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
856 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
858 <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directive removes any MIME
859 type associations for files with the given extensions. This allows
860 <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo any
861 associations inherited from parent directories or the server
862 config files. An example of its use might be:</p>
864 <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
868 <p>This will remove any special handling of <code>.cgi</code>
869 files in the <code>/foo/</code> directory and any beneath it,
870 causing the files to be treated as being of the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code>.</p>
872 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
873 <p><code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directives are processed
874 <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code>
875 directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the
876 latter if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
879 <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive, and can
880 be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>
883 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
884 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TypesConfig" id="TypesConfig">TypesConfig</a> <a name="typesconfig" id="typesconfig">Directive</a></h2>
885 <table class="directive">
886 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The location of the <code>mime.types</code> file</td></tr>
887 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
888 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig conf/mime.types</code></td></tr>
889 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
890 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
891 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
893 <p>The <code class="directive">TypesConfig</code> directive sets the location
894 of the MIME types configuration file. <var>File-path</var> is relative
895 to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>. This file sets
896 the default list of mappings from filename extensions to content
897 types. Most administrators use the provided <code>mime.types</code>
898 file, which associates common filename extensions with IANA registered
899 content types. The current list is maintained at <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html">http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html</a>.
900 This simplifies the <code>httpd.conf</code> file by providing the
901 majority of media-type definitions, and may be overridden by
902 <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives as
903 needed. You should not edit the <code>mime.types</code> file, because
904 it may be replaced when you upgrade your server.</p>
906 <p>The file contains lines in the format of the arguments to
907 an <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directive:</p>
909 <div class="example"><p><code>
910 <var>MIME-type</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...
913 <p>The case of the extension does not matter. Blank lines, and lines
914 beginning with a hash character (<code>#</code>) are ignored.</p>
917 Please do <strong>not</strong> send requests to the Apache HTTP
918 Server Project to add any new entries in the distributed
919 <code>mime.types</code> file unless (1) they are already
920 registered with IANA, and (2) they use widely accepted,
921 non-conflicting filename extensions across platforms.
922 <code>category/x-subtype</code> requests will be automatically
923 rejected, as will any new two-letter extensions as they will
924 likely conflict later with the already crowded language and
925 character set namespace.
930 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html">mod_mime_magic</a></code></li>
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