Re: FTP Mime types

On Sat, 4 Apr 1998, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Not without modifying the source. Squid 1.1.X can only select mime types
> based on file extension listed at compile time, not name. 1.2 uses
> regular expressions, and runtime configuration == complete freedom in
> selecting mime type.

Hmm... I actually prefer (for performance reasons) it to be hard-coded in
anyway, and I'm not afraid of the souce :-)

> The relevant part of the 1.1.X source is src/ftpget.c:mime_get_type.

Aha! I should have thought of that :-)

Serves me right for trying it at 3am :-)

> Right after mime_get_type_done: (line 956 in my sources)
>
> if (!type) {
> if (strncasecmp(filename,"readme",6) == 0)
> type = "text/plain";
> }

Thanks! I wasn't expecting some code to do it, just somebody who remebers
off the top of their head where to look. Thanks again!

Michael Samuel,

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Received on Sat Apr 04 1998 - 19:53:30 MST