Unknown file type MIME?

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Shimmy Weitzhandler picture Shimmy Weitzhandler · Jul 24, 2009 · Viewed 69.8k times · Source

Do I have to specify a MIME type if the uploaded file has no extension? In other words is there a default general MIME type?

Answer

Bombe picture Bombe · Jul 24, 2009

You can use application/octet-stream for unknown types.

RFC 2046 states in section 4.5.1:

The "octet-stream" subtype is used to indicate that a body contains arbitrary binary data.

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