Enable syntax highlight for Nginx conf file in Vim

vim-nginx-conf-highlight.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Highligh Nginx config file in Vim

# Download syntax highlight
mkdir -p ~/.vim/syntax/
wget http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=19394 -O ~/.vim/syntax/nginx.vim

# Set location of Nginx config file
cat > ~/.vim/filetype.vim <<EOF
au BufRead,BufNewFile /etc/nginx/*,/etc/nginx/conf.d/*,/usr/local/nginx/conf/* if &ft == '' | setfiletype nginx | endif
EOF

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an alternative to filetype.vim file would be having sth like that at the end of nginx config file:

# vi: filetype=nginx

pros: you are not limited to have nginx config in /etc/nginx directory cons: you need to add this modeline to the file