I want to redirect this subdomain:
http://abc.domain-name.com
to a folder on the root domain that uses the same name:
http:
Try this:
RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^subdomain\.yourdomain\.com RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www\.yourdomain\.com/subdomain/$1 [L]
(from http://systembash.com/content/simple-redirect-subdomain-to-a-directory/)