# File updates in read mode

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-updates-in-read-mode/202730>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-updates-in-read-mode/202730 "2019-10-08T21:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-updates-in-read-mode/202730/2 "2019-10-08T21:08:22Z")

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it is going by inode. hence it is not reading it because logstash thinks it has already read file sitting on same inode.

check mode detail explanation that I put, as I had exact same problem

[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kibana-showing-data-that-was-already-deleted-wont-show-new-data/181631/2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elk-kibana-showing-data-that-was-already-deleted-wont-show-new-data/181631/2)

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