exclude a directory from processing rewrite

[mbeijen]

I have a .htaccess with the following in it :

 

    Options +FollowSymlinks

    RewriteEngine on

    RewriteBase /

 

    # Rewrite current-style URLs of the form 'index.php?q=x'.

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.cgi?q=$1 [L,QSA]

 

I want to exclude a directory from being processed by this .htaccess, tried various things, just cant get it right.

 

I tried placing a .htaccess in the directory I want to protect with 'RewriteEngine off' in there, didn't work.

 

I tried placing this right after rewritebase, also didn't work (was supposed to stop the other rules from taking place)

 

    #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^support.*

    #Rewriterule .* - [L]

 

I tied placing this one right above the rewriterule line, also didn't do the trick...

 

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^/support

 

Any suggestions are very very welcome.

 

Thanks,

Marco