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Re: [LUG] htaccess regex question

 

On Sunday 19 August 2007 18:59, Dave Morgan wrote:
> Hi,
>       about 6 months' back I deleted the /gallery/ directory
> tree on my webserver, but MSNbot keeps trying to access it. So I
> thought I would try out an .htaccess file, but I can't get it to
> work correctly. I am trying to either stop the web-bots accessing
> these files altogether (with the 410 code), or I might try
> re-directing *all* /gallery/* addresses to /gallery2/main.php.
>
> My current .htaccess file -
>
> Redirect 301 /topmenu.html /topmenu.php
> Redirect 301 /books-az.html /books.php
> Redirect 301 /goodsinwards.html /gallery2/main.php/v/4801pics/
> Redirectmatch 410 ^(/gallery/)*
>
> The top three lines work,  but the bottom line does not.
>
> What should I have put on the bottom line to get it to match all
> paths starting /gallery/ ?
>
> best regards
> Dave
would a robots.txt file not be a better idea?
Tom te tom te tom


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