title: ht access link to pdf
body: <p>Ive a site with links in the page which lives in root are of the format:</p>
  
  <p>/documents/mimecast-email_continuity_whitepaper.pdf
  (correct physical path)</p>
  
  <p>but by the time it comes out in the browser results in the following error (naming the correct path)</p>
  
  <p>"This webpage has a redirect loop
  The webpage at name-of-website/documents/Comtec-Relocations-Case-Study-v4.pdf has resulted in too many redirects. Clearing your cookies for this site or allowing third-party cookies may fix the problem. If not, it is possibly a server configuration issue and not a problem with your computer.
  Here are some suggestions:
  Reload this webpage later.
  Learn more about this problem.</p>
  
  <p>Error 310 (net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS): There were too many redirects." </p>
  
  <p>The rule Ive put in is</p>
  
  <p>-.htaccess (in file)---------- (in my root directory - where all the web pages live)</p>
  
  <pre><code>Options +FollowSymLinks
  
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(pdf)$
  RewriteRule (.*) http://dev.comtec.com/$1 [R=301,L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(edited as my first question wasnt very clear apologies)</p>
  
  <p>Appreciate any thoughts</p>
  
  <p>K</p>