excluding a folder

a rewrite question

[WhosAWhata]

if i want to apply a rule to all files in a dir i just through the .htaccess file in there. it also rewrites all sub dirs and fles inside them. i want to apply the rule to every file except those files in the exclude/ dir

should this work?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !exclude/
RewriteRule whatever

i could just upload it and see, but you guys are much better at detecting things that can sneak by

[jdMorgan]

If you want to exclude all files in the folder "/exclude" and all files in all folders below "/exclude" then your code should work.

Jim