Magento 1.4 - nginx server | 302's to Permanent 301's? - magento

Question

we have an older version of Magento (1.4) running on an nginx server. We have a few temporary redirects (302's) on the site that need to be converted to permanent 301 redirects.. There is no way to do this in 1.4 by means of the Administraton Panel :(
Can anyone provide me with the nginx configuration directives to do this?
Here is my config file for the domain:
rewrite ^/minify/([0-9]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ /lib/minify/m.php?f=$2&d=$1 last;
rewrite ^/skin/m/([0-9]+)(/.*.(js|css))$ /lib/minify/m.php?f=$2&d=$1 last;
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
# as directory, then fall back to index.html
try_files $uri $uri/ #handler; ## If missing pass the URI to Magento's front handler
expires 30d; ## Assume all files are cachable
}
location /app/ { deny all; }
location /includes/ { deny all; }
location /lib/ { deny all; }
location /media/downloadable/ { deny all; }
location /pkginfo/ { deny all; }
location /report/config.xml { deny all; }
location /var/ { deny all; }
location /lib/minify/ {
allow all;
}
location /var/export/ { ## Allow admins only to view export folder
auth_basic "Restricted"; ## Message shown in login window
auth_basic_user_file htpasswd; ## See /etc/nginx/htpassword
autoindex on;
}
location /. { ## Disable .htaccess and other hidden files
return 404;
}
location #handler { ## Magento uses a common front handler
rewrite / /index.php;
}
location ~ .php/ { ## Forward paths like /js/index.php/x.js to relevant handler
rewrite ^(.*.php)/ $1 last;
}
location ~* ^(.+\.php)(.*) {
if (!-e $request_filename) { rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php break; }
## Catch 404s that try_files miss
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param HTTPS $fastcgi_https;
#fastcgi_param MAGE_RUN_CODE default; ## Store code is defined in administration > Configuration > Manage Stores
#fastcgi_param MAGE_RUN_TYPE store;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/nginx/luxuryleathergoods.com/public_html$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}

Answer 1

For each redirect, you can add the following line to your nginx configuration, inside of the location / block (first):
rewrite /old/url.html /new/url.html