nginx support for .htaccess / rewrite rules? Differences from Apache?

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Published on 2009-06-11T17:02:10Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 13:54 UTC
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I've been working with Apache http servers for quite some time, and finally making the move to static-content servers alongside the others dynamic-content machines.

I was wondering, does nginx support ".htaccess" files, and things like mod_rewrite?

As I'm very used to the syntax, I was wondering what the (syntax) differences were, and what the learning curve is like moving from Apache configs to nginx.

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