301 redirect with {~`% characters in url

Question

Trying to apply a 301 redirect to this url "/Qx%40w%2C6M42VAwp3%40Rb%7B~cC4ure%60QWI9" but it's not liking it, i'm guessing because of the horrible url and all the strange characters in it, any ideas?

This is the code I currently have:

redirect 302 /Qx%40w%2C6M42VAwp3%40Rb%7B~cC4ure%60QWI9 /product-tool-case.php

Answer 1

You can do this with mod_rewrite as follows:

RewriteRule ^/Qx%40w%2C6M42VAwp3%40Rb%7B~cC4ure%60QWI9 /product-tool-case.php

I?f you want to continue using mod_alias as above, then you should ensure that the old url is url-decoded. So in the above example try:

redirect 302 /Qx@w,6M42VAwp3@Rb{~cC4ure`QWI9 /product-tool-case.php