Please note: The file extension in the mime.types file is only consulted for FTP and local file access; when things come from HTTP or Gopher, the server tells the client what the type is; therefore the name of the file doesn't matter.
Here is the list that is built into the X client:
Content Type: | Extensions: | Description: | |
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text/plain | txt text | Plain Text |
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text/html | html htm | Hypertext Markup Language |
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application/rtf | rtf | Rich Text Format |
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application/x-tex | tex | TeX Document |
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application/x-latex | latex | LaTeX Document |
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application/x-dvi | dvi | TeX DVI Data |
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application/x-texinfo | texi texinfo | GNU TeXinfo Document |
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image/gif | gif | Compuserve Image Format |
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image/jpeg | jpeg jpg jpe | JPEG Image |
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image/tiff | tiff tif | TIFF Image |
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image/x-cmu-raster | ras | CMU Raster Image |
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image/x-xbitmap | xbm | X Bitmap |
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image/x-xpixmap | xpm | X Pixmap |
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image/x-xwindowdump | xwd | X Window Dump Image |
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image/x-portable-anymap | pnm | PBM Image |
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image/x-portable-bitmap | pbm | PBM Image |
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image/x-portable-graymap | pgm | PGM Image |
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image/x-portable-pixmap | ppm | PPM Image |
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image/x-rgb | rgb | RGB Image |
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image/ief | ief | |
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application/fractals | fif | Fractal Image Format |
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audio/basic | au snd | ULAW Audio Data |
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audio/x-aiff | aif aiff aifc | AIFF Audio |
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audio/x-wav | wav | WAV Audio |
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video/mpeg | mpeg mpg mpe | MPEG Video |
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video/quicktime | qt mov | Quicktime Video |
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video/x-msvideo | avi | Microsoft Video |
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video/x-sgi-movie | movie | SGI Video |
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application/mac-binhex40 | hqx | Macintosh BinHex Archive |
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application/x-stuffit | sit | Macintosh Archive |
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application/x-zip-compressed | zip | Zip Compressed Data |
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application/x-shar | shar | Unix Shell Archive |
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application/x-tar | tar | Unix Tape Archive |
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application/x-gtar | gtar | GNU Tape Archive |
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application/x-cpio | cpio | Unix CPIO Archive |
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application/octet-stream | exe bin | Binary Executable |
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application/postscript | ai eps ps | Postscript Program |
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application/x-csh | csh | C Shell Program |
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application/x-sh | sh | Bourne Shell Program |
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application/x-tcl | tcl | TCL Program |
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application/x-troff | t tr roff | TROFF Document |
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application/x-troff-me | me | TROFF Document |
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application/x-troff-ms | ms | TROFF Document |
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application/x-troff-man | man | Unix Manual Page |
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encoding/x-compress | Z | Compressed Data |
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encoding/x-gzip | gz | GNU Zip Compressed Data |