MIME Types

MIME types are loaded by the Sambar Server from the mime.ini file found in the config directory. This file is loaded at Server startup; changes to the file require a server restart before they become effective.

The mime.ini file contains a list of MIME entries of the form:

definition

extension

Where definition is the MIME type such as image/gif and extension is the file extension that identifies the MIME type (i.e. gif). The extension match is case insensitive and must match exactly with the characters/digits following the period in the file name. Any files without an extension or with an extension that does exist in the mime.ini file are sent as the "Default MIME Type" found in the config.ini file; by default, this type is text/plain.

There can be many extensions for a given definition as long as each is on a separate line. If there are duplicate extensions, the last extension entry found in the file overrides any previous entries.