# Delete files and permanently deleting them **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 17, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-files-and-permanently-deleting-them/37511 "2015-12-17T20:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Pich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Don\_Pich](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Don_Pich)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-files-and-permanently-deleting-them/37511/1 "2015-12-17T20:29:45Z")
I have a Debian Wheezy server that has logstash-forwarder running on it. Periodically, my PRTG reports that the /var file system is full. When I look at it and do a lsof, it reveals that the process is holding the files from being deleted. `root@edi-ftp:~# lsof | grep logstash | grep deleted logstash- 30916 root 4r REG 8,1 535 16 /.logstash-forwarder (deleted) logstash- 30916 2053 root 4r REG 8,1 535 16 /.logstash-forwarder (deleted) logstash- 30916 30918 root 4r REG 8,1 535 16 /.logstash-forwarder (deleted) logstash- 30916 30937 root 4r REG 8,1 535 16 /.logstash-forwarder (deleted) logstash- 30916 30938 root 4r REG 8,1 535 16 /.logstash-forwarder (deleted) logstash- 30916 30949 root 4r REG 8,1 535 16 /.logstash-forwarder (deleted) root@edi-ftp:~#` So doing a hard stop/start on the process flushes out the problem. I have seen some posts on this, and they relay that the problem is fixed in prior versions to the one I am running (0.4.0). But I seem to still have an issue. Any suggestions on what I can do? ---
**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, 5:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/delete-files-and-permanently-deleting-them/37511/2 "2017-07-06T05:17:57Z")