Block user from .htaccess

[rjwmotor]

I asked this along time ago and Jim supplied the code below on how to block users from pulling up my .htaccess file:

<Files ~ "\.(ini¦dat¦log¦htaccess¦db)$">
deny from all
</Files>

I totally forgot about this until I started doing some major upgrades and realized I have yet to get this code to work. I put the code in and flushed my browser and I can still get it to display.

What am I doing wrong?

[g1smd]

Change the broken pipes to solid pipes.

[jdMorgan]

Also make sure that you have an "Order" directive in the file, and that if it is set to "Order Deny,Allow" that you do not also have an "Allow from all" in the file.

Jim