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.so man.macros

.TH Ns_Mime 3 4.0 AOLserver "AOLserver Library Procedures"
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
Ns_GetMimeType \- Return the MIME type of a file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include "ns.h"\fR
.sp
char *
\fBNs_GetMimeType\fR(\fIchar *file\fR)
.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.TP
\fBNs_GetMimeType\fR(\fIfile\fR)

The \fBNs_GetMimeType\fR function uses the extension of \fIfile\fR 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:

.CS
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     "*/*"
.CE

.SH "SEE ALSO"
nsd(1), info(n)

.SH KEYWORDS