.htaccess URL重写以影响子目录

I'm trying to achieve something with .Htaccess RewriteEngine.

I want to be able to controll subfolders via one single .Htaccess file, currently to get this working I have to have the same .Htaccess file in every folder & subfolder but it would be great to just have one in the ROOT folder to avoid copy-pasting.

Currenty my structure looks like this:

ROOT

  • Images
    • 2012
      • January
      • February
      • ...
    • 2013
      • ...
  • Other
    • Misc

Folders contain images that are accessed by index.php?i=IMG_NAME and by using the following

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)$ index.php?i=$1 [L]

I can use for example: Images/2012/January/IMG_NAME and it works fine to load the image. But as mentioned I have to have the above .Htaccess file in every folder & subfolder to get it working, otherwise I have to use Images/2012/January/?i=IMG_NAME are there any workarounds for this?

I know this only skirttails the issue but if you don't have the actual url point to a real folder then you can run everything from the .htaccess file from public_html.

So if you actually stored the images in /data/2012/January/*

Then had the url that is used by /Image/2012/January/IMG_NAME