# Filebeat docker running on windows not allowing application to rotate the log!

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-running-on-windows-not-allowing-application-to-rotate-the-log/89616>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 15, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-running-on-windows-not-allowing-application-to-rotate-the-log/89616 "2017-06-15T19:12:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-running-on-windows-not-allowing-application-to-rotate-the-log/89616/11 "2017-06-16T19:04:10Z")

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Based on that output where VBoxHeadless.exe has the log file open with `RW-`, I'd say that the shared filesystem used by VirtualBox is to blame. It is not opening the file with `FILE_SHARE_DELETE` so other applications cannot delete or rename the file.

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