Remapping extensions

Many files on a remote web server may not behave normally when executed from the local file systems, such as .php or .aspx. WebCopy can handle this by changing the extensions of downloaded content to match their mime type. For example, .php and .aspx would be renamed to .html.

By default, WebCopy will only remap HTML files (those with the content type text/html). All other files will use the original extension of the URL.

Changing the extension remap mode

1. From the Project Properties dialogue, select the Local Files category
2. In the Remap file extensions by content type group, select an appropriate option

Specifying exclusions

1. From the Project Properties dialogue, select the Local Files category
2. In the Remap file extensions by content type group, enter exclusions into the Types to exclude field

Click Select Types to display a dialogue box for selecting content types either from those detected in the site to be copied, or from a global database

• You can either enter file extensions, such as png into this field, or content types such as image/png
• This field supports wildcards

Preserving the original extension

When remapping extensions, WebCopy can keep the original extension. For example, if picture.php had a content type of image/png, the local filename would be picture.php.png. To enable or disable this feature

1. From the Project Properties dialogue, select the Local Files category
2. In the Remap file extensions by content type group, check or uncheck the Keep original extension field