gzipping a minified .js file

Question

I've minified a .js file, and everything is just fine. But, when I gzip, the browser no longer executes the file. What am I doing wrong? Here's the gzip command:

> gzip test.js

Which results in a regular gzip file called test.js.gz. Do I need to include something in the .js, or pass an added argument to gzip so the browser interprets the file correctly? I tested this with both Chrome and FF.

Thank you advance!

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '11 at 21:13

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This isn't a client side problem.

Your web server has to be configured to recognise the gzipped file, and send the appropriate Content-Encoding: gzip header to tell the browser to expect gzipped data.

answered Apr 03 '11 at 21:13

Alnitak

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Know any links that explain how to do that with apache? – maximus Apr 03 '11 at 21:15
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Look for `mod_deflate` which I believe does on-the-fly compression. I'm not sure what the preferred method is for pre-compressed data. – Alnitak Apr 03 '11 at 21:20
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ah, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/75482/how-can-i-pre-compress-files-with-mod-deflate-in-apache-2-x – Alnitak Apr 03 '11 at 21:22
+1 Great answer (including comment for `mod_deflate`). Thanks a lot! – Jovan Perovic Sep 04 '13 at 09:48

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