> i'm afraid i still have problems with the concept of 
> file filters: there's a site from which i just want 
to 
> copy all the pdf-files which are exactly two links 
> away from the index. i tried a filter like
> -*.*
> +*.pdf
> but it didn't copy anything at all except for the 
> index. do you have any ideas how to improve this 
> search?
Remember that the engine can NOT "guess" where the pdf 
files are, and therefore you MUST also catch html 
pages.

Use also something like among other filters:

(your filters..) +www.foo.com/*.html +www.foo.com/*/*[]

This will accept all html and / (top index) files