redirect using htaccess

Question

I have this location

http://somesite.com/pot_system.shtml

and i want to redirect to

http://somesite.com/build_me_today

I want to do this via htaccess is that possible

I used

Redirect /pot_system.shtml http://somesite.com/build_me_today

Answer 1

Using a 301 redirect:

Redirect 301 /pot_system.shtml /build_me_today

Answer 2

Simplest way:

Redirect /pot_system.shtml /build_me_today

Answer 3

@Matt:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /pot_system.shtml http://somesite.com/build_me_today [R=301,L]