# Cannot get file input work properly on OSX

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969 "2016-04-11T09:47:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dr\_rock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dr\_rock](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dr_rock)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969/1 "2016-04-11T09:47:29Z")

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Hi,

I have been using Logstash for some time.  
I am trying to run the following configuration on my OSX (Yosemite) laptop :

```
input {
  file {
    path => "<path_to_log_file>"
    start_position => "beginning"
  }
}

output {
  stdout {
    codec => dots
  }
}

```

Good to know :

1. It does not work with logstash 2.3.0, but works well on 2.1.1
2. When file gets appended, everything works as expected
3. I run a rm -rf ~/.sincedb\_\* before running logstash

Any clues?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969/2 "2016-04-12T18:11:54Z")

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Could it be the file input's `ignore_older` option that's causing you this grief? IIRC that option was added in 2.2 so that would explain the difference you see between LS 2.1 and 2.3.

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**Author:** ![dr\_rock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dr\_rock](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dr_rock)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969/3 "2016-04-12T20:11:40Z")

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Wow, this is exactly it, thank you!  
I was suspecting something like that, any place where I can find all release notes, by version?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969/4 "2016-04-13T05:43:32Z")

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> I was suspecting something like that, any place where I can find all release notes, by version?

Hmm. [Past Releases of Elastic Stack Software | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases) lists all releases but doesn't contain links to the release notes of all Logstash releases, but you can use [Release Notes | Logstash Reference [2.3] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/2.3/releasenotes.html) so browse the release notes of major versions, but there's always the option of literally going straight to the source: [https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/v2.3.1/CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/blob/v2.3.1/CHANGELOG.md)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-file-input-work-properly-on-osx/46969/5 "2017-07-06T05:02:35Z")

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