.htaccess file name

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This may sound dumb but could someone give me the correct name (file name) of an .htaccess file to put in my root directory? Would it be any name.htaccess ? This may be obviously simple

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Asked: May 19, 2011 10:04 PM Last updated: May 23, 2011 11:20 AM

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Thanks. We'll let you know when a new response is added.

The name must be “.htaccess”, this way the file appears hidden (in unix the files that begins with dot “.” are hidden).

Apache httpd server if looking for .htaccess file names in every directory it uses.

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TheFinder May 20, 2011 11:07 PM GMT

What Mariodlg says is correct. I have to agree.leave it alone. the name is correct.

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TheFinder May 20, 2011 11:28 PM GMT

I don't know what happened but I was not done and it took what I said and posted. Here’s a bit more information. Your (dot) .htAccess file is basically a control file for the Internet used by Unix there is a more global (large duties) file called httpd.cons file used for larger environments and your .htaccess file is like a more local control file there specifically to help control how web viewers are routed or bounced etc… when visited . Example if you have a secure site your web address would probably start with https://www.yourwebsite but other people might not know to put the s at the end of http so your .htaccess could re-direct them so that when they type http://www they go to https://www. Hope this helps.

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stephenlembert May 23, 2011 11:20 AM GMT

You can say there is no name of .htaccess file, it has only the file extension .htaccess. How to create .htaccess file Create a txt file and rename it as .htaccess and remove .txt

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