Removing trailing slashes with mod rewrite?

Question

This relates to my previous question (which can be viewed here). I'd like to be able to remove the trailing slash from the URL so that it doesn't mess up certain areas of my site. The .htaccess code is here:

# -s = File Exists
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
# -l = Is a SymLink
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
# -d = Is a Directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
# if we match any of the above conditions - serve the file.
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# only allows '.' in the "page" portion.
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?section=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/]+)/([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?section=$1&page=$2&split=$3 [L]

As before, I'm out of my depth with this, so can anyone help out?

Answer 1

I assume you are talking about the rule:

RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

As the other already omit the trailing slash.

Try this instead:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1 [NC,L]

Here's what I see in the logs (abbreviated):

applying pattern '^(.*)/$' to uri 'host/'
rewrite 'host/' -> 'host'

So that seems OK to me.