.htaccess rewrite rule

[theblazingangel]

can someone help with a simple .htaccess rewrite rule?

RewriteRule ^articles(.*) pages/articles$1

im trying to simply relace the "articles" directory with pages/articles", but im just getting 404 errors.
btw, im practicing this on a home server, so server config could be a factor, but its probably just me, i only started reading about this yesterday

cheers ;)

[theblazingangel]

cheers

im now using

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILE} !/pages/articles/
RewriteRule ^articles/(.+)$ pages/articles/$1 [R,NC,QSA,L]

ive still got a couple of minor problems, if anyone can help: http://forum.modrewrite.com/viewtopic.php?t=1506