how to add types to “file types managed” in firefox?

Question

When I click link to log file(I have a log of links like that) the firefox opens the file, but I want to just save it(like I do with PDFs). However I dont have log file defined as Manage File Type. How can I add log files there?

Answer 1

Firefox, like all other browsers, uses the HTTP Content-Type header to decide how to handle the page. In your case, the log file is served as text/plain, which is handled by Firefox internally. Whether the URL ends in .txt or .log does not matter.

If you have access to the web server, you could reconfigure it to serve .log files as, for example, application/x-log-file - either by editing .htaccess if the server is running Apache, or by reconfiguring the server itself.

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If you don't have access to the web server's configuration, it's also possible to write a small script (in PHP or any other language) that would set headers and output the desired file:

<?php
if (isset($_GET["file"])) {
    header("Content-Type: application/x-log-file");
    readfile(basename($_GET["file"]));
} else {
    echo "<ul>\n";
    foreach (glob("*.log") as $name) {
        echo '<li> <a href="?file='.htmlspecialchars($name).'">'
            .htmlspecialchars($name)."</a>\n";
    }
    echo "</ul>\n";
}

Answer 2

I got this to work with .rdp files with the following links:

• Associate an Action with a File Type in FireFox

• Mozilla Mime Types