IIS redirect rule not working

Question

<rule name="Directories The" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="^Directories/The" />
    <action type="Redirect" url="/" />
</rule>`

I have two url like this www.mydomain/Directories/the and www.mydomain/Directories/the-hindu. But i only want to redirect first url only. If i put above code two urls are redirecting.

I tried with exact match and wild card also not working. I dont want www.mydomain/Directories/the-hindu to my home page

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Answer 1

The problem is that your regexp ^Directories/The is matching for both URLs:

• www.mydomain/Directories/the
• www.mydomain/Directories/the-hindu

You need to add the end of string condition to your regexp. The correct rule should be:

<rule name="Directories The" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="^Directories/The$" />
    <action type="Redirect" url="/" />
</rule>`

And this rule will match only www.mydomain/Directories/the