mod_rewrite for 301 redirect.

Had a domain that I am changing the struture on, what I need is the following.

There are a limited number of subdirectories, but a large structure under them. All these need to be given a 301 to the homepage.

www.xxxx.com/World/ --> www.xxxx.com
www.xxxx.com/World/{many levels under here} --> www.xxxx.com

There are about 2K directories that I would just like a 301 to the homepage.

Thanks for the help...

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
Redirect permanent /World/.* http://www.xxxx.com/

Code (markup):

Should do the trick..

 

Thanks for the tip, but it seems not to be picking up the wildcards. It works for just www.xxxx.com/World/ but not any directories under it. Basically anything in the directories I specify should have a 301 to the homepage.

Anyone know the wildcard to put it so that after say /World/ is doesn't matter what the directory is?

Thanks...

 

I tried something like this with no resolution:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/World/
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.XXXX.net [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/World/(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.XXXX.net [L]

Any help appreciated.