[ic] cgi-bin & script alias

[Sam Batschelet]

On 2/23/10 10:03 AM, Steve Graham wrote:
>>>
>>> Please try the following directive in your Apache configuration:
>>>
>>> RedirectMatch permanent ^/cgi-bin/site(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1
>>
>> I think that will put a double slash after com.  Try the following:
>> RedirectMatch permanent ^cgi-bin/site/(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1
>>
>> ...or just...
>>
>> RedirectPermanent cgi-bin/site/ http://www.mysite.com/
>>
>>
>> Peter
> 
> thanks everyone, it looks like:
> 
> RedirectMatch permanent ^/cgi-bin/site(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com$1
> 
> does the trick....
> 
I think these are the similar or perhaps the same but this is what I use
to do a 301 (page moved permanently) which is understood by search engines.

decent article here about this
http://www.stevenhargrove.com/understanding-redirection/

RewriteRule ^/cgi-bin/site/*(.*)$ /$1 [NC,R=301]

Credit Ron Phipps

-Sam