DefaultType directive

Purpose

If httpd can't type a file through normal means, it will type it as DefaultType.

Syntax

DefaultType type/subtype

type/subtype is the MIME-like type.

Only one DefaultType directive should appear in the configuration file.

Default

If no DefaultType is present, httpd assumes:

DefaultType text/html

Example

DefaultType application/octet-stream

This would cause a file with an unknown extension to be returned as type application/octet-stream.

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