On 09/03/2015 21:53, Christopher Schultz wrote: > Victor, > > On 3/9/15 5:44 PM, Victor Rodriguez wrote: >> Brilliant Chris! However, if it were that easy, I would have >> already found it and figured it out. That's why I'm asking the >> experts on this list for HELP! Not for someone to tell me that "I >> ought to read the documentation for the feature I'm trying to use." >> If there's something that drives me absolutely nuts it's people >> that say "read the documentation" when you ask them for help. > >> Apparently, IIS can be easily configured to do this, but we don't >> use IIS around here, so I have to figure out how to do it with >> Tomcat and/or Apache. And so far, the documentation hasn't given >> me the solution for either case. > >> Can you possibly point me to the right place in the documentation? >> Thanks! > > Hmm... > >> On 3/9/15 4:01 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: >>> Add .gz to the end of the file name and set gzip="true" for the >>> default servlet. > > User Guide > Default Servlet > search the page for "gzip" > read the > description for what "gzip" does. > > I apologize for the difficulty level involved with finding that > documentation. > > *facepalm* > > Mark's response was a no-BS, cut-to-the-solution response, and you > didn't like it. Why, I'm not sure. > > If there's something that drives me absolutely nuts it's people who > say "help me with my URGENT problem, but no, I won't tell what version > of the software I'm running and when you tell me the answer I'll > discard it out of hand after jumping to conclusions about how it works."
+1. Thanks Chris. That is far better than the response I'd been composing in my head. I await the OP's response with interest. Mark > > -chris > >> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Christopher Schultz < >> ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > >> Victor, > >> On 3/9/15 5:25 PM, Victor Rodriguez wrote: >>>>> Thanks Mark! Unfortunately, that is not an option. The >>>>> client will be requesting the files without the .gz >>>>> extension. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Mark Thomas >>>>> <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 09/03/2015 19:12, Victor Rodriguez wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> How do I tell Tomcat to include the Content-Encoding: >>>>>>> gzip response header? Again, these area ALREADY zipped >>>>>>> files. I'm not interested in Tomcat doing the gziping on >>>>>>> the fly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Add .gz to the end of the file name and set gzip="true" for >>>>>> the default servlet. > >> If the client will be requesting the files without a .gz >> extension, then ... you really ought to read the documentation for >> the feature you are trying to use. > >> -chris >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >>> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
