How to serve somefile.pdf instead of index.html as default with .htaccess file?

Question

I want visitors on www.domain.com to be served with a pdf file on www.domain.com/file.pdf automatically.

The file shoudl be shown in the browser. Not downloaded. Is this possible to do with .htaccess rules?

My webhoster runs apache.

Answer 1

Put this code in root directory .Htaccess :

DirectoryIndex  file.pdf