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tylerfraser last edited by

What is the htaccess code to redirect everything in a directory to a file?

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tylerfraser @Lantec last edited by

I implemented this and it did not work. I did it exactly as you said and made sure rewrite engine is on.

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Lantec @tylerfraser last edited by
Hey Tyler,

The full code for the .htaccess file would be:
```
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^domain.com/directory/(.*) http://domain.com/directory.html [R=301,L]
```
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tylerfraser @Lantec last edited by

Say I'd like to redirect:

domain.com/directory/

to

domain.com/directory.html

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Lantec

RewriteRule (.*) [http://www.newdomain.com/](http://www.newdomain.com/) [R=301,L]

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