# Ignore all files except \*.pdf

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-all-files-except-pdf/11239
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 4, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-all-files-except-pdf/11239 "2018-02-04T11:53:35Z")
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### Author: ![anca](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@anca](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/anca)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-all-files-except-pdf/11239/1 "2018-02-04T11:53:35Z")

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Hi, Can someone please help me to set up a basic ignore pattern

I simply want to ignore all files accept files ending with .pdf

Thanks

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### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-all-files-except-pdf/11239/2 "2018-02-04T12:00:13Z")

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You can not easily do this for a whole directory tree, sorry.

To do it _in a single directory_, you can:

```
!somedirectory/*.pdf
somedirectory/*

```

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### Author: ![brunod](https://forum.syncthing.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@brunod](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/brunod)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-all-files-except-pdf/11239/3 "2018-02-04T13:06:10Z")

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Hi, here is mine. Be carefull of difference between PDF and pdf, Pdf…

```
// Allow specific file BookList20180102.TxT tested is OK
(?i)!BookList2018????.txt
//(?i)!/English/user/folder1/*.pdf
//(?i)/English/user/folder1/*
//(?i)!/English/user/folder1
//(?i)!/English/user/folder0
//(?i)/English/user/*
//(?i)!/English/user
(?i)!/English/*.pdf
(?i)/English/*
(?i)!/English
(?i)!/French/*.pdf
(?i)/French/*
(?i)!/French
(?i)!/Dutch/*.pdf
(?i)/Dutch/*
(?i)!/Dutch
(?i)!/Deutsch/*.pdf
(?i)/Deutsch/*
(?i)!/Deutsch
(?i)!/Other/*.pdf
(?i)/Other/*
(?i)!/Other
(?i)!*.pdf
*
```

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-uploads.syncthingcdn.net/original/2X/0/0b50e0a202b22ae6a67190759e8c868805b8ed9f.png) [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/ignore-all-files-except-pdf/11239/4 "2018-03-06T13:06:11Z")

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