Why this extra ".dir" folder gets created during vlt checkout for some jcr:mimeType (like text/javascript) ?

[rohitspathak123]

Hi all,

I noticed that for certain files a corresponding ".dir" folder gets created on your local laptop when you perform vault checkout from CRX. Does anyone know why this ".dir" folder is getting created ? It happens to files with certain "jcr:mimeType".

For example:

C:\rohit>  vlt co http://localhost:4502/crx/-/jcr:root/app/clientlib/js/validation.js  .

This will create extra "validation.js.dir" folder on your local

Found that if the "jcr:content" has jcr:mimeType of "text/javascript" instead of "application/javascript" then this ".dir" folder is created. Then read on google that "text/javascript" will become obsolete so we should be using "application/javascript" as mimeType

Now I tried checkout of another font file with ".ttf" extension (fontawesome-webfont.ttf) having "jcr:mimeType" of "application/x-font-ttf" (seem like mimeType is correctly detected in CRX). For this also a ".dir" folder got created. If I change the mimeType to application/o

Question is:

1) Why is this ".dir" folder getting created for specific mimeType ? Does this affect anything ?

2) For ".ttf" extension which mime type should i use ? On google i got mixed answered (both application/octet-stream & application/x-font-ttf)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12660389/what-is-the-correct-mime-type-for-a-font-file

Thanks in advance.

[Sham_HC · Accepted solution]

1. if the mime-type of a resource does not match the extension or is not known then .dir is created
2. I do not see mimetype defined for ttf [1]. please file support request to add missing mimetype ttf.

[1]  http://grepcode.com/file_/repo1.maven.org/maven2/org.apache.jackrabbit.vault/org.apache.jackrabbit.v...

[rohitspathak123]

Hi Sham,

Thanks for your quick reply.

For (2) - So when i uploaded the ".ttf" file via webdav howcome in CRX the mimeType was set to "application/x-font-ttf" . Yes i clearly see in the link which you have shared that ".ttf" is not present there.

 http://grepcode.com/file_/repo1.maven.org/maven2/org.apache.jackrabbit.vault/org.apache.jackrabbit.v...

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