[users@httpd] Removing trailing slashes?

[Dave Wreski]

Hi,

I have a FAQ, but need some additional info I haven't been able to find. 
I'm trying to process links Google has indicated are 404s that never 
really ever existed on our site.

I have an htaccess file I'm Including with my main apache config that 
only contains RewriteConds. This file is processed before any of the 
other htaccess files that contain standard RewriteRules. This is what 
I'm using to strip off any trailing slashes in URLs:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]

I just want to confirm that this means none of the RewriteRules that 
follow should contain a trailing slash or they will not match, correct?

Some of my existing RewriteRules that were created before I realized I 
should be stripping off the trailing slash actually contain a trailing 
slash.

Perhaps I should instead be using '/?' instead of just '/' at the end of 
URLs?

Thanks,
Dave