Thanks Eric for the quick response. However, it still doesn't work. I copied you suggestion to the substitute part of the command as well as using the actual host and domain with no success. Following is the rewrite.log using your suggestion letter for letter:
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb27f070/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/oldsite/(.*)\.html' to uri '/oldsite'
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb27f070/initial] (1) pass through /oldsite
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb287320/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /oldsite/
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb287320/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/oldsite/(.*)\.html' to uri '/oldsite/'
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb287320/initial] (1) pass through /oldsite/
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb281080/subreq] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /oldsite/index.html
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb281080/subreq] (1) pass through /oldsite/index.html
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb285310/initial] (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /favicon.ico
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb285310/initial] (3) applying pattern '^/oldsite/(.*)\.html' to uri '/favicon.ico'
192.168.9.20 - - [15/Apr/2011:13:39:58 --0400] [www.seconddomain.tld/sid#7f5feaeb4538][rid#7f5feb285310/initial] (1) pass through /favicon.ico
Here is the server build information if that makes a difference:
Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu)
Server built: Nov 18 2010 21:19:28
-----Original Message-----
From: "Eric Covener" [covener@xxxxxxxxx]
Date: 04/15/2011 10:09 AM
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: mod_rewrite does not change URL in browser
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jeff Shearer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am trying to move a set of documents from one directory to a new directory. ÂCurrently users are redirected to the new directory but the old URL remains in the browser window. ÂMy research indicates that if I change the PT flag to R I should be able to do what I want. ÂHowever, when I change the PT to an R, users are not actually redirected to the new directory. ÂHere is the VirtualHost configuration:
Try specifying a complete protocol, hostname, etc for the substitution
when you add the 'R' flag -- .e.g http://%{HTTP_HOST}/newsite/$1 [R]
--
Eric Covener
covener@xxxxxxxxx
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