Redirecting to Sub-Directory of Current Directory 1

[faelord]

We currently hold various examinations and answer papers in our tests directory. However this is becoming unmanageable with the number of files and so we want to give each course its own subdirectory inside tests, /tests/intro_01 /tests/intro_02 etc. Obviously we don't want to lose calls to files currently in tests as many have bookmarked that area and we want to redirect those to the intro_01 subdirectory

The following however in httpd.conf sends the browser into an infinite loop:

Redirect permanent /tests/

http://www.my.site.com/tests/intro_01/

We need to redirect only those calls to the main tests directory and not those to the subdirectories. Probably I need to do something with regex but thats beyond me. Any help would be much appreciated therefore.

Os

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

I may be wrong but I think that you may need to add each page to redirect seperatly..

Redirect permanent /tests/page1.html

http://www.my.site.com/tests/intro_01/

Redirect permanent /tests/page2.html

http://www.my.site.com/tests/intro_01/

I suppose it depends the amount of pages you are talking about..

Hope this helps Wullie

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[ifincham]

Hi,

I did have a quick go at this with mod_rewrite but just getting the same 'loop' errors as with the redirect. I might have another go later if I get some time but it would be much easier if the new directories were not in the path of the old. For example the redirect / rewrite was to /intro 01/ instead of /tests/intro 01/ . Its the fact that it still retains the 'tests' bit that causes the looping.

Otherwise, as wullies says, use very specific rules instead.

Hope this helps