mod_rewrite to move to new dns alias?

["Griffith, Michael *" <Michael.Griffith@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a server that has a dns alias, and has a lot of content (read blog/wiki) that might reference the dns name as part of the urls embedded in the site.  I was wondering if I can use mod_rewrite to rewrite the request to the new server so I don't have to go through the existing content and update any links with the new server dns alias.

 

Would something like this work:

 

RewriteRule ^/abc(.*) /xyz$1

 

where the dns aliases are abc.domain.com and xyx.domain.com?

 

Thanks in advance!

mg