.htaccess 301: www.domain.com/index.htm to www.domain.com

Hi all -

I'm sure this is an easy one for one who knows (which doesn't include me):

I want to redirect all index.htm to my root. I've tried this, but it doesn't work:

RewriteRule ^index.htm$ ^ [R=301]

Can someone help me out?

Thanks.

 

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.html$ / [R=301]

maybe.... untested, but it should work

 

It needs a RewriteBase / or a / in the URL itself in the rule.

e.g. RewriteRule ^/index.htm$ / [R=301,L]