301 redirect from dynamic URL to static

Need to redirect from cgi script (with params) to static url

[garrett]

I'm having trouble redirecting some dynamic URLs to a static one on a different domain. Dynamic URLs look something like this:
example.com/folder1/folder2/script.cgi?param1=xx&param2=xx&param3=xx..etc.

I want ALL urls that follow this format to redirect to a static page on a new domain. For example: newdomain.com/new-static-page/

I can't figure out how to do this without all of the parameters coming along for the ride. So, my urls end up looking like newdomain.com/new-static-page/?param1=xx&param2=xx&param3=xx

I don't care about the params since the cgi script on the old domain is dead.

Thanks.

[jdMorgan]

Please post your code as a basis for discussion.

If using mod_rewrite, add a question mark to the end of the substitution URL to clear the query string, as described in the Apache RewriteRule documentation.

Jim

[garrett]

Here is the code that I'm using now:

Redirect 301 /folder1/folder2/script.cgi [newdomain.com...]

This will redirect all urls w/ params after the ".cgi"...but the params get appended to the new destination (which I don't want). I've tried constructing some more advanced mod_rewrites, but I keep borkin it up.

Thanks.

[g1smd]

Here is how I would do it...

RewriteRule [b]^[/b]folder1/folder2/script.cgi[b]$[/b] http://www.example.com/new-static-page/[b]?[/b] [R=301,L]

The ? clears the query string from the new URL.

It redirects whether the original request has a query string, or not.

It redirects from both www and non-www on the old domain.

Never mix Redirect and RewriteRule rules in the same .htaccess file, so do make sure that all of your other rules do *not* use Redirect.

[garrett]

Thanks for the code, I'll give that a shot. My htaccess DOES have several other Redirect rules, so I guess I'll have to convert those to RewriteRule as well. Assuming the code you gave works (I'm sure it will) it shouldn't be too hard to convert the other ones.

[g1smd]

I rarely test the code I post here (unless it is a chunk lifted from a live server), so you need to test and adapt it to your needs.

I do make some mistakes, wrong assumptions, typos, and complete screw-ups, from time to time, most days.

[garrett]

I'll test it out this weekend and report back w/ results.