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<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_mime</h1>
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<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_mime.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
<a href="../ja/mod/mod_mime.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese">&nbsp;ja&nbsp;</a></p>
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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Associates the requested filename's extensions
    with the file's behavior (handlers and filters)
    and content (mime-type, language, character set and
    encoding)</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>mime_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_mime.c</td></tr></table>
<h3>Summary</h3>

    <p>This module is used to associate various bits of "meta
    information" with files by their filename extensions. This
    information relates the filename of the document to it's
    mime-type, language, character set and encoding. This
    information is sent to the browser, and participates in content
    negotiation, so the user's preferences are respected when
    choosing one of several possible files to serve. See
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> for more information
    about <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>.</p>

    <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
    extensions onto the meta-information for that file. Respectively
    they set the character set, content-encoding, content-language,
    and <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME-type</a> (content-type) of documents.  The directive <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> is used to specify a
    file which also maps extensions onto MIME types. </p>

    <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
    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
    or scripts that serve the document.  The <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive allows
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code> to consider these file extensions
    to be included when testing Multiviews matches.</p>

    <p>While <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> associates meta-information
    with filename extensions, the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code> server
    provides directives that are used to associate all the files in a
    given container (<em>e.g.</em>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#location">&lt;Location&gt;</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code>, or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#files">&lt;Files&gt;</a></code>) with particular
    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
    override any filename extension mappings defined in
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>.</p>

    <p>Note that changing the meta-information for a file does not
    change the value of the <code>Last-Modified</code> header.
    Thus, previously cached copies may still be used by a client or
    proxy, with the previous headers. If you change the
    meta-information (language, content type, character set or
    encoding) you may need to 'touch' affected files (updating
    their last modified date) to ensure that all visitors are
    receive the corrected content headers.</p>
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<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
<ul id="toc">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addcharset">AddCharset</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addhandler">AddHandler</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addtype">AddType</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#defaultlanguage">DefaultLanguage</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#modmimeusepathinfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removecharset">RemoveCharset</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeencoding">RemoveEncoding</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removehandler">RemoveHandler</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removelanguage">RemoveLanguage</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#removetype">RemoveType</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Topics</h3>
<ul id="topics">
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#contentencoding">Content encoding</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></li>
</ul><h3>See also</h3>
<ul class="seealso">
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul></div>
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="multipleext" id="multipleext">Files with Multiple Extensions</a></h2>
    <p>Files can have more than one extension, and the order of the
    extensions is <em>normally</em> irrelevant. For example, if the
    file <code>welcome.html.fr</code> maps onto content type
    <code>text/html</code> and language French then the file
    <code>welcome.fr.html</code> will map onto exactly the same
    information.  If more than one extension is given that maps onto
    the same type of meta-information, then the one to the right will
    be used, except for languages and content encodings. For example,
    if <code>.gif</code> maps to the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME-type</a>
    <code>image/gif</code> and <code>.html</code> maps to the
    MIME-type <code>text/html</code>, then the file
    <code>welcome.gif.html</code> will be associated with the
    MIME-type <code>text/html</code>.</p>

    <p><a href="#charset-lang">Languages</a> and <a href="#contentencoding">content encodings</a> are treated accumulative, because one can assign
    more than one language or encoding to a particular resource. For example,
    the file <code>welcome.html.en.de</code> will be delivered with
    <code>Content-Language: en, de</code> and <code>Content-Type:
    text/html</code>.</p>

    <p>Care should be taken when a file with multiple extensions
    gets associated with both a <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME-type</a> and a handler. This will
    usually result in the request being handled by the module associated
    with the handler. For example, if the <code>.imap</code>
    extension is mapped to the handler <code>imap-file</code> (from
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imagemap.html">mod_imagemap</a></code>) and the <code>.html</code> extension is
    mapped to the MIME-type <code>text/html</code>, then the file
    <code>world.imap.html</code> will be associated with both the
    <code>imap-file</code> handler and <code>text/html</code> MIME-type.
    When it is processed, the <code>imap-file</code> handler will be used,
    and so it will be treated as a <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imagemap.html">mod_imagemap</a></code> imagemap
    file.</p>

    <p>If you would prefer only the last dot-separated part of the
    filename to be mapped to a particular piece of meta-data, then do
    not use the <code>Add*</code> directives. For example, if you wish
    to have the file <code>foo.html.cgi</code> processed as a CGI
    script, but not the file <code>bar.cgi.html</code>, then instead
    of using <code>AddHandler cgi-script .cgi</code>, use</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Configure handler based on final extension only</h3><p><code>
    &lt;FilesMatch \.cgi$&gt;
    <span class="indent">
      SetHandler cgi-script
    </span>
    &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;
    </code></p></div>

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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="contentencoding" id="contentencoding">Content encoding</a></h2>
    <p>A file of a particular <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME-type</a> can additionally be encoded a
    particular way to simplify transmission over the Internet.
    While this usually will refer to compression, such as
    <code>gzip</code>, it can also refer to encryption, such a
    <code>pgp</code> or to an encoding such as UUencoding, which is
    designed for transmitting a binary file in an ASCII (text)
    format.</p>

    <p>The <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">HTTP/1.1
    RFC</a>, section 14.11 puts it this way:</p>

    <blockquote cite="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">
      <p>The Content-Encoding entity-header field is used as a modifier to
      the media-type. When present, its value indicates what additional
      content codings have been applied to the entity-body, and thus what
      decoding mechanisms must be applied in order to obtain the media-type
      referenced by the Content-Type header field. Content-Encoding is
      primarily used to allow a document to be compressed without losing
      the identity of its underlying media type.</p>
    </blockquote>

    <p>By using more than one file extension (see <a href="#multipleext">section above about multiple file
    extensions</a>), you can indicate that a file is of a
    particular <em>type</em>, and also has a particular
    <em>encoding</em>. </p>

    <p>For example, you may have a file which is a Microsoft Word
    document, which is pkzipped to reduce its size. If the
    <code>.doc</code> extension is associated with the Microsoft
    Word file type, and the <code>.zip</code> extension is
    associated with the pkzip file encoding, then the file
    <code>Resume.doc.zip</code> would be known to be a pkzip'ed Word
    document.</p>

    <p>Apache sends a <code>Content-encoding</code> header with the
    resource, in order to tell the client browser about the
    encoding method.</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>Content-encoding: pkzip</code></p></div>
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="charset-lang" id="charset-lang">Character sets and languages</a></h2>
    <p>In addition to file type and the file encoding,
    another important piece of information is what language a
    particular document is in, and in what character set the file
    should be displayed. For example, the document might be written
    in the Vietnamese alphabet, or in Cyrillic, and should be
    displayed as such. This information, also, is transmitted in
    HTTP headers.</p>

    <p>The character set, language, encoding and mime type are all 
    used in the process of content negotiation (See 
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>) to determine
    which document to give to the client, when there are
    alternative documents in more than one character set, language, 
    encoding or mime type. All filename extensions associations
    created with <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> directives
    (and extensions listed in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html#mimemagicfile">MimeMagicFile</a></code>) participate in this select process.
    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
    from matching by using the <code class="directive"><a href="#multiviewsmatch">MultiviewsMatch</a></code> directive.</p>

    <h3><a name="charset" id="charset">Charset</a></h3>
      <p>To convey this further information, Apache optionally sends
      a <code>Content-Language</code> header, to specify the language
      that the document is in, and can append additional information
      onto the <code>Content-Type</code> header to indicate the
      particular character set that should be used to correctly
      render the information.</p>

      <div class="example"><p><code>
        Content-Language: en, fr<br />
	Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
      </code></p></div>

      <p>The language specification is the two-letter abbreviation
      for the language. The <code>charset</code> is the name of the
      particular character set which should be used.</p>
    
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddCharset" id="AddCharset">AddCharset</a> <a name="addcharset" id="addcharset">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified content
charset</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddCharset <var>charset</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive maps the given
    filename extensions to the specified content charset. <var>charset</var>
    is the <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">MIME
    charset parameter</a> of filenames containing
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
    overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      AddLanguage ja .ja<br />
      AddCharset EUC-JP .euc<br />
      AddCharset ISO-2022-JP .jis<br />
      AddCharset SHIFT_JIS .sjis
    </code></p></div>

    <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.ja.jis</code> will be treated
    as being a Japanese document whose charset is <code>ISO-2022-JP</code>
    (as will the document <code>xxxx.jis.ja</code>). The
    <code class="directive">AddCharset</code> directive is useful for both to
    inform the client about the character encoding of the document so that
    the document can be interpreted and displayed appropriately, and for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content negotiation</a>,
    where the server returns one from several documents based on
    the client's charset preference.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddEncoding" id="AddEncoding">AddEncoding</a> <a name="addencoding" id="addencoding">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions to the specified encoding
type</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddEncoding <var>MIME-enc</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddEncoding</code> directive maps the given
    filename extensions to the specified encoding type. <var>MIME-enc</var>
    is the MIME encoding to use for documents containing the
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
    overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<br />
      AddEncoding x-compress .Z
    </code></p></div>

    <p>This will cause filenames containing the <code>.gz</code> extension
    to be marked as encoded using the <code>x-gzip</code> encoding, and
    filenames containing the <code>.Z</code> extension to be marked as
    encoded with <code>x-compress</code>.</p>

    <p>Old clients expect <code>x-gzip</code> and <code>x-compress</code>,
    however the standard dictates that they're equivalent to
    <code>gzip</code> and <code>compress</code> respectively. Apache does
    content encoding comparisons by ignoring any leading <code>x-</code>.
    When responding with an encoding Apache will use whatever form
    (<em>i.e.</em>, <code>x-foo</code> or <code>foo</code>) the
    client requested. If the client didn't specifically request a
    particular form Apache will use the form given by the
    <code>AddEncoding</code> directive. To make this long story
    short, you should always use <code>x-gzip</code> and
    <code>x-compress</code> for these two specific encodings. More
    recent encodings, such as <code>deflate</code> should be
    specified without the <code>x-</code>.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddHandler" id="AddHandler">AddHandler</a> <a name="addhandler" id="addhandler">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the filename extensions to the specified
handler</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddHandler <var>handler-name</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>Files having the name <var>extension</var> will be served by the
    specified <var><a href="../handler.html">handler-name</a></var>. This
    mapping is added to any already in force, overriding any mappings that
    already exist for the same <var>extension</var>. For example, to
    activate CGI scripts with the file extension <code>.cgi</code>, you
    might use:</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
      AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
    </code></p></div>

    <p>Once that has been put into your httpd.conf file, any file containing
    the <code>.cgi</code> extension will be treated as a CGI program.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddInputFilter" id="AddInputFilter">AddInputFilter</a> <a name="addinputfilter" id="addinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
client requests</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddInputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
<var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>AddInputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
later.</td></tr>
</table>
    <p><code class="directive">AddInputFilter</code> maps the filename extension
    <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which
    will process client requests and POST input when they are received by
    the server. This is in addition to any filters defined elsewhere,
    including the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>
    directive. This mapping is merged over any already in force, overriding
    any mappings that already exist for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <p>If more than one <var>filter</var> is specified, they must be separated
    by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
    content. The <var>filter</var> is case-insensitive.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>


<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeinputfilter">RemoveInputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddLanguage" id="AddLanguage">AddLanguage</a> <a name="addlanguage" id="addlanguage">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extension to the specified content
language</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddLanguage <var>MIME-lang</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive maps the given
    filename extension to the specified content language.
    <var>MIME-lang</var> is the MIME language of filenames containing
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in force,
    overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      AddEncoding x-compress .Z<br />
      AddLanguage en .en<br />
      AddLanguage fr .fr
    </code></p></div>

    <p>Then the document <code>xxxx.en.Z</code> will be treated as
    being a compressed English document (as will the document
    <code>xxxx.Z.en</code>). Although the content language is
    reported to the client, the browser is unlikely to use this
    information. The <code class="directive">AddLanguage</code> directive is
    more useful for <a href="../content-negotiation.html">content
    negotiation</a>, where the server returns one from several documents
    based on the client's language preference.</p>

    <p>If multiple language assignments are made for the same
    extension, the last one encountered is the one that is used.
    That is, for the case of:</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
      AddLanguage en .en<br />
      AddLanguage en-gb .en<br />
      AddLanguage en-us .en
    </code></p></div>

    <p>documents with the extension <code>.en</code> would be treated as
    being <code>en-us</code>.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddOutputFilter" id="AddOutputFilter">AddOutputFilter</a> <a name="addoutputfilter" id="addoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process
responses from the server</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddOutputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
<var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>AddOutputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
later.</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddOutputFilter</code> directive maps the
    filename extension <var>extension</var> to the <a href="../filter.html">filters</a> which will process responses
    from the server before they are sent to the client. This is in
    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
    over any already in force, overriding any mappings that already exist
    for the same <var>extension</var>.</p>

    <p>For example, the following configuration will process all
    <code>.shtml</code> files for server-side includes and will then
    compress the output using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code>.</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
      AddOutputFilter INCLUDES;DEFLATE shtml
    </code></p></div>

    <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
    by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
    content. The <var>filter</var> argument is case-insensitive.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#removeoutputfilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddType" id="AddType">AddType</a> <a name="addtype" id="addtype">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Maps the given filename extensions onto the specified content
type</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddType <var>MIME-type</var> <var>extension</var>
[<var>extension</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive maps the given
    filename extensions onto the specified content
    type. <var>MIME-type</var> is the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME
    type</a> to use for filenames containing
    <var>extension</var>. This mapping is added to any already in
    force, overriding any mappings that already exist for the same
    <var>extension</var>. This directive can be used to add mappings
    not listed in the MIME types file (see the <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> directive).</p>
    
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      AddType image/gif .gif
    </code></p></div>

    <div class="note">
      It is recommended that new MIME types be added using the
      <code class="directive">AddType</code> directive rather than changing the 
      <code class="directive"><a href="#typesconfig">TypesConfig</a></code> file.
    </div>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot. Filenames may have <a href="#multipleext">multiple extensions</a> and the
    <var>extension</var> argument will be compared against each of
    them.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#forcetype">ForceType</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DefaultLanguage" id="DefaultLanguage">DefaultLanguage</a> <a name="defaultlanguage" id="defaultlanguage">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets all files in the given scope to the specified
language</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DefaultLanguage <var>MIME-lang</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive tells Apache
    that all files in the directive's scope (<em>e.g.</em>, all files
    covered by the current <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</a></code> container) that don't have an explicit language
    extension (such as <code>.fr</code> or <code>.de</code> as configured
    by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>) should be
    considered to be in the specified <var>MIME-lang</var> language. This
    allows entire directories to be marked as containing Dutch content, for
    instance, without having to rename each file. Note that unlike using
    extensions to specify languages, <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code>
    can only specify a single language.</p>

    <p>If no <code class="directive">DefaultLanguage</code> directive is in force,
    and a file does not have any language extensions as configured
    by <code class="directive"><a href="#addlanguage">AddLanguage</a></code>, then that file
    will be considered to have no language attribute.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      DefaultLanguage en
    </code></p></div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ModMimeUsePathInfo" id="ModMimeUsePathInfo">ModMimeUsePathInfo</a> <a name="modmimeusepathinfo" id="modmimeusepathinfo">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<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>
components as part of the filename</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo On|Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ModMimeUsePathInfo Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.41 and later</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> directive is used to
    combine the filename with the <code>path_info</code> URL component to
    apply <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code>'s directives to the request. The default
    value is <code>Off</code> - therefore, the <code>path_info</code>
    component is ignored.</p>

    <p>This directive is recommended when you have a virtual filesystem.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      ModMimeUsePathInfo On
    </code></p></div>

    <p>If you have a request for <code>/bar/foo.shtml</code> where
    <code>/bar</code> is a Location and <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is <code>On</code>,
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> will treat the incoming request as
    <code>/bar/foo.shtml</code> and directives like <code>AddOutputFilter
    INCLUDES .shtml</code> will add the <code>INCLUDES</code> filter to the
    request. If <code class="directive">ModMimeUsePathInfo</code> is not set, the
    <code>INCLUDES</code> filter will not be added.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MultiviewsMatch" id="MultiviewsMatch">MultiviewsMatch</a> <a name="multiviewsmatch" id="multiviewsmatch">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The types of files that will be included when searching for
a matching file with MultiViews</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch Any|NegotiatedOnly|Filters|Handlers
[Handlers|Filters]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MultiviewsMatch NegotiatedOnly</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.26 and later.</td></tr>
</table>
    <p><code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> permits three different
    behaviors for <a href="mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a>'s
    Multiviews feature.  Multiviews allows a request for a file,
    <em>e.g.</em> <code>index.html</code>, to match any negotiated
    extensions following the base request, <em>e.g.</em>
    <code>index.html.en</code>, <code>index.html.fr</code>, or
    <code>index.html.gz</code>.</p>

    <p>The <code>NegotiatedOnly</code> option provides that every extension
    following the base name must correlate to a recognized
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> extension for content negotation, <em>e.g.</em>
    Charset, Content-Type, Language, or Encoding.  This is the strictest
    implementation with the fewest unexpected side effects, and is the
    default behavior.</p>

    <p>To include extensions associated with Handlers and/or Filters,
    set the <code class="directive">MultiviewsMatch</code> directive to either
    <code>Handlers</code>, <code>Filters</code>, or both option keywords.
    If all other factors are equal, the smallest file will be served,
    <em>e.g.</em> in deciding between <code>index.html.cgi</code> of 500
    bytes and <code>index.html.pl</code> of 1000 bytes, the <code>.cgi</code>
    file would win in this example. Users of <code>.asis</code> files
    might prefer to use the Handler option, if <code>.asis</code> files are
    associated with the <code>asis-handler</code>.</p>

    <p>You may finally allow <code>Any</code> extensions to match, even if
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> doesn't recognize the extension. This was the
    behavior in Apache 1.3, and can cause unpredicatable results, such as
    serving .old or .bak files the webmaster never expected to be served.</p>

    <p>For example, the following configuration will allow handlers
    and filters to participate in Multviews, but will exclude unknown
    files:</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
      MultiviewsMatch Handlers Filters
    </code></p></div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveCharset" id="RemoveCharset">RemoveCharset</a> <a name="removecharset" id="removecharset">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any character set associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveCharset <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveCharset is only available in Apache 2.0.24 and
later.</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveCharset</code> directive removes any
    character set associations for files with the given extensions.
    This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
    undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      RemoveCharset .html .shtml
    </code></p></div>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveEncoding" id="RemoveEncoding">RemoveEncoding</a> <a name="removeencoding" id="removeencoding">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content encoding associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveEncoding <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directive removes any
    encoding associations for files with the given extensions. This
    allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
    any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files. An example of its use might be:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
      AddEncoding x-gzip .gz<br />
      AddType text/plain .asc<br />
      &lt;Files *.gz.asc&gt;<br />
      <span class="indent">
        RemoveEncoding .gz<br />
      </span>
      &lt;/Files&gt;
    </code></p></div>

    <p>This will cause <code>foo.gz</code> to be marked as being
    encoded with the gzip method, but <code>foo.gz.asc</code> as an
    unencoded plaintext file.</p>

    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
      <p><code class="directive">RemoveEncoding</code> directives are processed
      <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addencoding">AddEncoding</a></code>
      directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the latter
      if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
    </div>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveHandler" id="RemoveHandler">RemoveHandler</a> <a name="removehandler" id="removehandler">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any handler associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveHandler <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveHandler</code> directive removes any
    handler associations for files with the given extensions. This allows
    <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo any
    associations inherited from parent directories or the server
    config files. An example of its use might be:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
      AddHandler server-parsed .html
    </code></p></div>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/bar/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
      RemoveHandler .html
    </code></p></div>

    <p>This has the effect of returning <code>.html</code> files in
    the <code>/foo/bar</code> directory to being treated as normal
    files, rather than as candidates for parsing (see the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code> module).</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveInputFilter" id="RemoveInputFilter">RemoveInputFilter</a> <a name="removeinputfilter" id="removeinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any input filter associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveInputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveInputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
later.</td></tr>
</table>   
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveInputFilter</code> directive removes any
    input <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> associations for files with
    the given extensions.
    This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
    undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveLanguage" id="RemoveLanguage">RemoveLanguage</a> <a name="removelanguage" id="removelanguage">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any language associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveLanguage <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveLanguage is only available in Apache 2.0.24 and
later.</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveLanguage</code> directive removes any
    language associations for files with the given extensions. This
    allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to undo
    any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveOutputFilter" id="RemoveOutputFilter">RemoveOutputFilter</a> <a name="removeoutputfilter" id="removeoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any output filter associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveOutputFilter <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>RemoveOutputFilter is only available in Apache 2.0.26 and
later.</td></tr>
</table>    
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveOutputFilter</code> directive removes any
    output <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> associations for files with
    the given extensions.
    This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in subdirectories to
    undo any associations inherited from parent directories or the
    server config files.</p>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
      RemoveOutputFilter shtml
    </code></p></div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RemoveType" id="RemoveType">RemoveType</a> <a name="removetype" id="removetype">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Removes any content type associations for a set of file
extensions</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RemoveType <var>extension</var> [<var>extension</var>]
...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directive removes any
    <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME type</a> associations for files with
    the given extensions. This allows <code>.htaccess</code> files in
    subdirectories to undo any associations inherited from parent
    directories or the server config files. An example of its use
    might be:</p>

    <div class="example"><h3>/foo/.htaccess:</h3><p><code>
      RemoveType .cgi
    </code></p></div>

    <p>This will remove any special handling of <code>.cgi</code>
    files in the <code>/foo/</code> directory and any beneath it,
    causing the files to be treated as being of the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code>.</p>

    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
      <p><code class="directive">RemoveType</code> directives are processed
      <em>after</em> any <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code>
      directives, so it is possible they may undo the effects of the
      latter if both occur within the same directory configuration.</p>
    </div>

    <p>The <var>extension</var> argument is case-insensitive and can
    be specified with or without a leading dot.</p>

</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TypesConfig" id="TypesConfig">TypesConfig</a> <a name="typesconfig" id="typesconfig">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>The location of the <code>mime.types</code> file</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig <var>file-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TypesConfig conf/mime.types</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_mime</td></tr>
</table>
    <p>The <code class="directive">TypesConfig</code> directive sets the
    location of the <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME types</a>
    configuration file. <var>File-path</var> is relative to the
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>. This file sets
    the default list of mappings from filename extensions to content
    types. Most administrators use the provided
    <code>mime.types</code> file, which associates common filename
    extensions with IANA registered 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>.  This
    simplifies the <code>httpd.conf</code> file by providing the
    majority of media-type definitions, and may be overridden by
    <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directives as
    needed. You should not edit the <code>mime.types</code> file,
    because it may be replaced when you upgrade your server.</p>

    <p>The file contains lines in the format of the arguments to
    an <code class="directive"><a href="#addtype">AddType</a></code> directive:</p>

    <div class="example"><p><code>
      <var>MIME-type</var> [<var>extension</var>] ...
    </code></p></div>

    <p>The case of the extension does not matter. Blank lines, and lines
    beginning with a hash character (<code>#</code>) are ignored.</p>

    <div class="note">
      Please do <strong>not</strong> send requests to the Apache HTTP
      Server Project to add any new entries in the distributed
      <code>mime.types</code> file unless (1) they are already
      registered with IANA, and (2) they use widely accepted,
      non-conflicting filename extensions across platforms.
      <code>category/x-subtype</code> requests will be automatically
      rejected, as will any new two-letter extensions as they will
      likely conflict later with the already crowded language and
      character set namespace.
    </div>

<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html">mod_mime_magic</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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