Attaching a custom icon to a file extension in gnome

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Issue

  • How can I override the default icon for a given file type in gnome?
  • The new custom icon should be used system-wide.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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