SOLVED Need a little basic help with rewrite

[Jelf]

findpropertylines.com is a subdomain.
There is an .htaccess file in the root for this subdomain
I edited that file and just after the line
RewriteEngine on
I added the line
RewriteRule ^test$ "https\:\/\/google\.com\" [R=301,L]

I restarted apache and entered the following in my browser

https://findpropertylines.com/test.html

Instead of opening google.com I get a 404.

What am I missing?

 

[ankeshanand]

Try This:

RewriteEngine on
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^findpropertylines\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.findpropertylines\.com$
RewriteRule ^test\.html$ "https\:\/\/google\.com\/" [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

Let me know if it works for you!

 

[Jelf]

Thanks Ankesh!
That worked perfectly.
Of course I am still baffled why my simpler syntax did not work.