# File Locking in Windows logstash 2.2.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-locking-in-windows-logstash-2-2-0/45979>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-locking-in-windows-logstash-2-2-0/45979 "2016-03-31T18:00:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Anantapol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anantapol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anantapol)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-locking-in-windows-logstash-2-2-0/45979/1 "2016-03-31T18:00:26Z")

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The logstash process locks file on windows. This was happened and solved in the previous I believe.

Here is my setup. "aaa.txt" is locked by logstash.

input {  
file {  
type =\> "apache"  
path =\> ["c:/elk/test/aaa.txt"]  
sincedb\_path =\> "nul"  
start\_position =\> beginning  
}  
}  
output {  
stdout {  
codec =\> rubydebug  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![Sujoy\_Acharya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sujoy_acharya/32/12050_2.png) [@Sujoy\_Acharya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sujoy_Acharya)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-locking-in-windows-logstash-2-2-0/45979/2 "2016-09-30T18:24:47Z")

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Did you find any solution?

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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, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-locking-in-windows-logstash-2-2-0/45979/3 "2017-07-06T04:36:16Z")

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