# Filebeat reship all file when it is modified **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [December 18, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reship-all-file-when-it-is-modified/161343 "2018-12-18T14:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/958977/32.png) [@Zool](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zool)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reship-all-file-when-it-is-modified/161343/1 "2018-12-18T14:19:41Z")
Hello, I am using Filebeat 5.1.1 and I have questions regarding its configuration. The log file I want to ship is particular: Each time the batch runs, the log file is regenerated with the same file name and I need to reship all the content of the file. With my current configuration, the file is shipped randomly. Can you please tell me the configuration I need to set up in order to reship all the file each time it is regenerated? Thanks Olivier ---
**Author:** ![Shaoranlaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Shaoranlaos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaoranlaos)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reship-all-file-when-it-is-modified/161343/2 "2018-12-19T06:14:30Z")
depneding on the frequency with which the file is recreated you could proberly use a combination of the config option close\_inactive, ignore\_older and clean\_inactive. setting the options to values smaller than the call frequency should have the desired effect ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-reship-all-file-when-it-is-modified/161343/3 "2019-01-16T06:14:34Z")
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