CODEWITHSUNDEEP
nginxweb
user14189755
user14189755

Reputation:

NGINX serve all files in certain directory as txt files, but not autoindex pages

I have a directory on my server which has a bunch of shell scripts. This directory is autoindexed, but when I try to open the files in my browser, they prompt for download instead of opening as text. I can easily map the filetype "sh" to text/plain in the mime.types file, but some of the scripts don't have that sh extension. How can I serve all files in a certain directory as .txt files so that they are opened in the user's browser instead of prompting the user for download?

Edit: adding add_header Content Type text/plain; to that directory's location block does show all of the scripts as text, but it also affects the autoindex page.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1071

Answers (1)

Evert
Evert

Reputation: 143

That should be add_header Content-Type text/plain; (instead of add_header Content Type text/plain; , right?)

But you're right about it affecting all files. It even renders HTML as plain text and displays the source when visited with a browser. I'm experiencing the same problem as you have (files with many different extensions, most of which plain text)

Upvotes: 2

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