using .htaccess to hide file url

Question

I need some help figuring out how to write this .htaccess.

My file is in mywebsite/part5/thanksfordownload.html. How to use .htaccess to have url mywebsite/thankyoufordownload.html?

I tried using this for the .htaccess but no dice. I tried uploading it both in the root and in the folder itself.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /part5/$1 [L]

Not sure what went wrong in this part, thanks for your views & comments in advance!

Lix · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-23 22:27:18Z

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Ok so basically if you only want that rule - you'd want to do something like this -

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^thankyoufordownload.html$ /part5/thankyoufordownload.html [L]

answered May 23, 2012 at 22:27

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2 Comments

@zer - yes :) Caught that just after I posted.

argh, cannot strike text in comments :-S +1

Liam Bailey · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-23 22:28:27Z

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Simply:

RewriteRule ^thankyoufordownload.html$ part5/thanksfordownload.html

This will only work for the example asked about.

answered May 23, 2012 at 22:27

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