need help in .htaccess file

i have problem in ma .htaccess file

[itsmani1]

my simple .htaccess file at root of ma site :
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*).html content.php?ContentID=$1
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i want this work in root of my site only mean to say is it should not work on other directories of the site like.

root/admin/test
now i don't want to see its effects in test folder how can i do that?

Thanx.
Mannan.

[edited by: jatar_k at 2:23 pm (utc) on Aug. 27, 2005]
[edit reason] no emails thanks [/edit]

[jdMorgan]

You need a pattern that will reject the "/" character, then. I'd suggest:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)\.html$ /content.php?ContentID=$1 [L]

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Jim