htaccess unique for subdomain

[GoWilkes]

Is there a simple way to set up htaccess commands that only apply to a specific subdomain? I would love to have a completely different .htaccess file for the subdomain.

I'm setting up a beta release for my site, which is at beta.mydomain.com. I need to modify a lot of the htaccess code that's currently being used on my live site, but I don't want these changes to affect the live site while I'm still in beta.

I know that I can modify the htaccess code to include a lot of RewriteCond (checking for "beta"), but I'm just hoping there's an easier way so that if I break something, it will only kill the beta subdomain and not the entire site.

TIA,

Jason


Sorry to the mods if this question belongs in another section. I wasn't sure where to put it.

[Infopro]

You should be able to use the same exact file, just edit it for the sub.domain and place it in the root of the sub domain directory.

[InstaCarma_Tech]

Assuming that 'beta' is the doc-root for the sub-domain 'beta.mydomain.com',
simply create an htaccess file in the folder 'beta' and put the required rules in it. It would just affect the sub-domain.