RewriteCond to exclude a path not working

Question

I want this URL:

http://www.example.com/path/antyhing

to NOT be redirected.

Here's what I have which is not working:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/path/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://m.example.com/ [R,L]

Currently it redirects all URLs to http://m.example.com/

Here is the full code in my .htaccess file:

RewriteBase /
RewriteEngine On

# Check if mobile=1 is set and set cookie 'mobile' equal to 1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=1(&|$)
RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mobile:1:%{HTTP_HOST}]

# Check if mobile=0 is set and set cookie 'mobile' equal to 0
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=0(&|$)
RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mobile:0:%{HTTP_HOST}]

# Skip next rule if mobile=0
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=0(&|$)
RewriteRule ^ - [S=1]

# Check if this looks like a mobile device
RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-wap-profile} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile}       !^$

# Check if we're not already on the mobile site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}          !^m\.
# Check to make sure we haven't set the cookie before
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie}        !\mobile=0(;|$)
# Don't redirect "path" pages
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.+?/path/.*$ [NC]
# Now redirect to the mobile site
RewriteRule ^ http://m.example.com/ [R,L]

Answer 1

Can you replace your last rule with this:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Check if mobile=1 is set and set cookie 'mobile' equal to 1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=1(&|$)
RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mobile:1:%{HTTP_HOST}]

# Check if mobile=0 is set and set cookie 'mobile' equal to 0
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=0(&|$)
RewriteRule ^ - [CO=mobile:0:%{HTTP_HOST}]

# Skip next rule if mobile=0 [OR] if it's a file [OR] if /path/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)mobile=0(&|$) [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/path/.*$
RewriteRule ^ - [S=1]

# Check if this looks like a mobile device
RewriteCond %{HTTP_PROFILE}       !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_X_WAP_PROFILE} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "android|blackberry|ipad|iphone|ipod|iemobile|opera mobile|palmos|webos|googlebot-mobile" [NC]
# Check if we're not already on the mobile site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}          !^m\.
# Check to make sure we haven't set the cookie before
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE}        !mobile=0(;|$)
# Don't redirect "path" pages
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/path/.*$ [NC]
# Now redirect to the mobile site
RewriteRule ^ http://m.example.com/ [R,L,NC]

Edit by OP: The only problem was coming from the %{REQUEST_URI} that for a reason that I don't understand only works against ^.*/path/.*$