jdMorgan - 12:18 am on Feb 7, 2006 (gmt 0)

If the code goes into the top-level directory .htaccess file, then it's:

RewriteRule ^blue-wdget/(.*)$ http://www.example.com/purple-widget/$1 [R=301,L]


Or you can put this code into the .htaccess file in the /blue-widget subdirectory:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/purple-widget/$1 [R=301,L]

The URLs 'seen' by RewriteRule are localized to the current directory, which accounts for the difference.

Jim