What's .htaccess?

Want information about .htaccess.

[palbertsson]

Hi,

can anyone tell me what .htaccess is, what it's for, and is there a online documentation for it?

Thanks,

Peter

[sugarkane]

Hi palbertsson, welcome to wmw

.htaccess is a file containing various server congfiguration options, letting you change the way the server behaves on a directory-by-directory basis eg custom 404 pages etc.

The best online resource for learning about it is probably right here :)

We've had many discussions on it's features and uses - try using 'site search' (top of the page, next to the logo) to search for htaccess - there should be enough there to keep you reading for a while ;)

[Brett_Tabke]

I spent some time tying to find a single source for a goot htaccess tutor, and I sure can't see one. The only real place is to walk through the
ODP Apache [directory.google.com] category.

[grnidone]

.htaccess is specific to Apache..yes?

[sugarkane]

It's an Apache thing, but some other (commercial) *nix servers support it as well.