NAME

       Ns_GetMimeType - Return the MIME type of a file

SYNOPSIS

       #include "ns.h"

       char *
       Ns_GetMimeType(char *file)
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DESCRIPTION

       Ns_GetMimeType(file)

              The  Ns_GetMimeType  function  uses  the  extension  of file and looks up the associated MIME type
              stored internally in the server. Case is ignored. The return value is of the form "text/html".

              AOLserver has a set of predefined file extension to MIME type associations. You can add  to  these
              associations by defining file extension to MIME type associations in the server configuration file
              in the ns/mimetypes section. If you define a file extension that already  exists  in  the  server,
              that file extension and MIME type association will be replaced with yours.

              If no MIME type association exists for a particular file extension, or there is no file extension,
              the default and noextension MIME types are returned, respectively. These default to "*/*" but  can
              be set in the server configuration file.

              Here is an example ns/mimetypes section from the server configuration file:

              ns_section "ns/mimetypes"
              ns_param   ".doc"          "application/msword"
              ns_param   ".ppt"          "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint"
              ns_param   ".xls"          "application/vnd.ms-excel"
              ns_param   ".cab"          "application/mscabinet"
              ns_param   ".frl"          "application/x-perfpro"
              ns_param   ".max"          "application/vviewer"
              ns_param   ".mif"          "application/x-mif"
              ns_param   ".frz"          "application/x-dffill"
              ns_param   ".asvg"         "image/svg-xml"
              ns_param   ".asvgz"        "image/svg-xml"
              ns_param   ".svg"          "image/svg-xml"
              ns_param   ".svgz"         "image/svg-xml"
              ns_param   default         "*/*"
              ns_param   noextension     "*/*"

SEE ALSO

       nsd(1), info(n)

KEYWORDS