Redirecting all page queries to the homepage in Rails

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Published on 2010-05-28T05:36:46Z Indexed on 2010/05/28 5:41 UTC
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I've got a simple Rails application running as a splash page for a website that's going through a transition to a new server. Since this is an established website, I'm seeing user requests hitting pages that don't exist in the Rails application.

How can I redirect all unknown requests to the homepage instead of throwing a routing error?

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