Redirection via .htaccess?

[PeterT]

I have an old file in my root directory left over from moving my site from an IIS server and still gets many hits from Google.

It is default.asp as my Linux server will not recognise .asp files what is the best way to redirect hits to this file to index.php

 

[Jake Bunce]

http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles3/spiders-301-redirect.htm

See their example:

redirect 301 /old/old.htm http://www.you.com/new.htm

 

[PeterT]

I tried that one and it is still not redirecting;
redirect 301 /default.asp: http//www.ukdivers.com/index.php

 

[rEd86]

I tried that one and it is still not redirecting;
redirect 301 /default.asp: http//www.ukdivers.com/index.php

Is that colon suppose to be there?

--Ed

 

[PeterT]

ah

redirect 301 /default.asp http//www.ukdivers.com/index.php
Works now on chrome and firefox
IE9 shows page source of index.php strange but true.

 

[PeterT]

Added / after default.php now IE9 renders index.php correctly
redirect 301 /default.asp/ http//www.ukdivers.com/index.php