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h1. Module mod_mimemagic - Determines the MIME type of a file by looking at a few bytes of its contents
*Module: mod_mimemagic*
h2. Description
This module determines the MIME type of files in the same way the Unix file(1) command works: it looks at the first few bytes of the file. mod_mimemagic.c is based on mod_mime_magic.c of httpd 2.0.
h2. Installation
This module is a 3rd party module and is not included in the official distribution. You can download the patch from here:
* source: http://code.google.com/p/lighttpd-improved/source/browse/trunk/src/mod_mimemagic.c
* Patch For lighttpd 1.4.26: http://lighttpd-improved.googlecode.com/files/lighttpd-1.4.26-mod_mimemagic.patch
h2. Options
*mimemagic.file*
path of magic.mime file. can use same magic file of httpd server
e.g.:
mimemagic.file = "/etc/httpd/conf/magic"
Default: not set
*mimemagic.override-global-mimetype*
By default mod_mimemagic only process files which extensions aren't covered by mime.type setting.
If you want to override global mime.type, set mimemagic.override-global-mimetype to "enable"
e.g.:
mimemagic.override-global-mimetype = "enable"
Default: disable