Harvard Extension School
CSCI S-12 Fundamentals of Web Site Development | Spring 2020

## Scope of .htaccess files

Directives within `.htaccess` files apply to the directory that contains the `.htaccess` file and all its descendants.

Directives within the file,
`/home/courses/j/h/jharvard/public_html/.htaccess`
would apply to all files within and "under" the public_html directory for the user jharvard.

Directives within the file,
`/home/courses/j/h/jharvard/public_html/books/.htaccess`
would apply to all files within and "under" the public_html/books directory for the user jharvard.

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