How to redirect a directory in Nginx server

Question

i have tried redirecting a file name it worked in Nginx but i tried the same in redirecting a folder or directory its not working. Please help me out in this as i was new to Nginx server.

I have tired like this

if ($request_uri ~ "/old-folder/") {
            rewrite ^ /current-folder/ permanent;
      }

Answer 1

Try something like this

location ~/old-folder {
       rewrite /current-folder permanent;
}