# Conf file just sits and waits forever.... Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conf-file-just-sits-and-waits-forever-windows/167017>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 4, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conf-file-just-sits-and-waits-forever-windows/167017 "2019-02-04T19:18:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conf-file-just-sits-and-waits-forever-windows/167017/4 "2019-02-04T22:08:49Z")

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Enable --log.level trace and see what filewatch is doing.

See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-solution-available-for-issue-mentioned-in-153152/164098/4?u=badger) post if you want to selectively enable trace level logging.

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