Re: FTP type proposed solution..

Henrik Nordstrom <hno@hem.passagen.se> wrote:-
} The url-path of a FTP URL has the following syntax:
}
} <cwd1>/<cwd2>/.../<cwdN>/<name>;type=typecode>
...
} The typecode is the type of transfer done in FTP.
} a ASCII
} i IMAGE (binary)
} d DIRECTORY

OK, how about extending this and adding the following
        ;mime=<type>/<subtype>

ftpget then just sends this mime type as the content-type of the result.

        Nigel.

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