.htaccess redirect to root to link not working

Question

Think my domain is www.example.com , I want to redirect visitor to www.example.com/main-page . To do that I have written this .htaccess code but its doesn't work.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$/ /main-page/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Could any one please help me, I can't find the error

Answer 1

May be just

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /main-page [L]

Or with the [R] flag to force redirect :

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /main-page [R]

Answer 2

To redirect just the home page you will need this rule:

RewriteRule ^/?$ /main-page [L,R=301]

If you don't want URL to change then use:

RewriteRule ^/?$ /main-page [L]