[Mediawiki-l] File upload help

[Fred Bauder]

I was curious about this and looked it up. The .cmd extension signifies an executable Windows file. It executes when opened, apparently.

http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/cmd

Fred

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike [mailto:xclbur5150 at yahoo.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 04:23 AM
>To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
>Subject: [Mediawiki-l] File upload help
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>Thanks alot!  That got the upload file link working for me, now I'm having another problem.  I want to be able to upload files with the extension of .cmd
>   
>  As Rob suggested, I read deeper and found that I have to add this to localsettings.php:
>   
>  $wgFileExtensions = array( 'gif', 'cmd', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'doc', 'txt' );
>   
>  which I did, but I still get a message saying ".Cmd" is not a recommended image file format. 
>   
>  Any ideas on this?
>   
>  Thanks!
>Mike
>  
>Emufarmers Sangly <emufarmers at gmail.com> wrote:
>  In LocalSettings.php, add:
>$wgEnableUploads = true;
>
>On 5/10/07, Mike wrote:
>>
>> How would I go about allowing users to upload files to my wiki? I've
>> briefly read through the instructions on uploading images, but my wiki
>> doesn't even have an upload page link in the left pane.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Mike
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