# how to exclude directories when I use ansible fetch

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [June 13, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570 "2019-06-13T21:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![fmontaldo3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@fmontaldo3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fmontaldo3)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570/1 "2019-06-13T21:10:48Z")

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HI folks:

I need to extract two files for a windows servers. I made the following playbook:

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570/2 "2019-06-13T23:33:24Z")

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Try:

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**Author:** ![fmontaldo3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@fmontaldo3](https://forum.ansible.com/u/fmontaldo3)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-exclude-directories-when-i-use-ansible-fetch/30570/3 "2019-06-14T13:03:21Z")

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HI Dick,

Thanks for your help. It works!!!!.

Regards