limiting .htaccess reach

I'm using an .htaccess file to auto_append and auto_prepend files within a specific directory, and it works great. Unfortunaltely if I create a new sub-directory that doesn't have it's own .htaccess file, it too tries to use the auto_append and auto_prepend values of the .htaccess file from the parent directory. In this subdirectory, I don't want anything appended or prepended to my php scripts. SO what I always end up doing is creating a new .htaccess file in this subdirectory and create and empty file and use this filename and path in that new .htaccess file. Over all, it's a bit of a PITA... so is there a way to override the auto_append and auto_prepend from an .htaccess file in a parent directory without having to go through all this every time I create a new directory? Joseph E. Sheble wizaerd@wizaerd.com ======================== Wizaerd's Realm http://www.wizaerd.com