Greetings, I have just realised that the default version of mime.types which comes with apache distros 1.3 & 2.0 does not contain an extension for the type "application/x-gzip". This means that if you have a file on your site like download.tar.gz, it will be served with "Content-type: application/x-tar" (I guess apache falls back to the .tar when it can't find anything for .gz).
This is not a problem for a unix machine, it just saves the file as download.tar.gz and then you can gunzip it as normal. However, on a Windows platform, the combination of the two dots in the filename and the misleading mime-type causes the OS to save the file as "download.tar.tar". Thus it can't be recognised by WinZip et al. [Let's leave aside, for the moment, the issue of why would want to download a tar.gz on a Windows machine :-] The simple fix is to assign "application/x-gzip" the extension "gz" in mime.types. Then the file is served with "Content-type: application/x-gzip", windows can save the file without munging the name and WinZip is happy. Is this simply an omission or is anyone aware of any reason why application/x-gzip should not be assigned an extension? Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. PS - I checked the apache download sites and they send the correct mime-type for httpd-2.2.0.tar.gz, for example. Does this mean that the apache site webmaster must have had to edit his own mime.types? If so, he might've committed the change to the distro too.... :-) +---------------------------------------------------------------------- Diese E-mail ist eine private und persönliche Kommunikation. Sie hat keinen Bezug zur Börsen- bzw. Geschäftstätigkeit der SWX Gruppe. This e-mail is of a private and personal nature. It is not related to the exchange or business activities of the SWX Group. Le présent e-mail est un message privé et personnel, sans rapport avec l'activité boursière du Groupe SWX. This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
