in Unix-like environments.

A site may contain more than one .htaccess file. The files are placed inside the web tree--inside directories and their subdirectories--which is why they are also called distributed configuration files.

Each .htaccess file acts as a local override of the server's main configuration file (such as httpd.conf) for the directory it occupies and all subdirectories beneath it.

The original purpose--reflected

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