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To: Doug McComber <ba969@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: Re: dot files
Hi Doug,
Those two extensions were added as text long ago, as they are text files in
a different system. We try to accomodate as many legacy systems as we can but,
sometimes, extension usage can overlap and conflict with other legacy systems.
Short of zipping the file you want and downloading it as a zip file (.zip is a
binary extension), try what I do below.
I connect to CCN using an Apple IIc and whenever I want to download a binary
file which defaults to text, I alter the extension to a known binary extension
and then just rename it later after it's been downloaded to my home system.
Try that to see it works for you. We have only one mime-types file and it's
for the entire system - a global variable, as it were.
Tony @ CCN Help
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Doug McComber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Chebucto to connect my old 8-bit machines (I'm a collector) to the net.
> Some of the files I'd like to download to these old machines are being
> treated as text files when in fact they are binary. I need to add a mime type
> extension to override this behavior.
>
> The solution is a .mime.types file in my home directory but of course users
> are not allowed to upload/edit dot files. I have uploaded a file to my
> Chebucto home directory called mime.types that adds two extensions (cmd
> file as octet stream and dat as text). Can someone please rename it to
> .mime.types for me?
>
> Thanks,
> Doug
>
> PS Please go ahead and look inside my mime.types file if you wish.
>
>
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