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.htaccess rule to block access to backed-up files (See related posts)

If you use vi to edit files, it leaves your backup copies with tildes at the end. Adding this to your .htaccess file (or virtual host directive in your apache conf) stops people being able to access them.

(Requires mod_rewrite)

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule  ~$   - [F]


to apache htaccess mod_rewrite by rodbegbie on Fri Apr 08 19:35:36 -0400 2005

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