# File Grew, but sincedb does not keep up with file
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-grew-but-sincedb-does-not-keep-up-with-file/54780
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 5, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-grew-but-sincedb-does-not-keep-up-with-file/54780 "2016-07-05T20:47:34Z")
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### Author:  [@Rena](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rena)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-grew-but-sincedb-does-not-keep-up-with-file/54780/1 "2016-07-05T20:47:34Z")
I started logstash in debug against a small directory of files. 3 of the files were written to and consumed. One of the files is continuing to grow.
I see the corresponding logging when the file grows
{:timestamp=\>"2016-07-05T16:40:34.528000-0400", :message=\>"each: file grew: Data/GrowingFile.log: old size 29458088, new size 31361855", :level=\>:warn}
However, the sincedb file is not updated with the new size and the new content is not consumed
This continues and the file is only consumed and sincedb updated on restart
```
input {
file{
path => ["/Data/*.log"]
codec => multiline {
pattern => "^%{NUMBER:line_num}"
negate => true
what => "previous"
}
start_position => "beginning"
sincedb_path => "logs/sincedb"
stat_interval => 10
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-grew-but-sincedb-does-not-keep-up-with-file/54780/2 "2017-07-06T04:49:20Z")