# Logstash 7.2 file input plugin network path wildcard didn't produce any out

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-2-file-input-plugin-network-path-wildcard-didnt-produce-any-out/188100>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 28, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-2-file-input-plugin-network-path-wildcard-didnt-produce-any-out/188100 "2019-06-28T18:58:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@Alexl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexl)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-2-file-input-plugin-network-path-wildcard-didnt-produce-any-out/188100/1 "2019-06-28T18:58:50Z")

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Hi guys!  
Please, help. I have a remote file storage with thousands having 10mb average size text files. I'm using this code:

> input {  
> file {  
> path =\> "//foldername/\*\*/\*.dat"  
> start\_position =\> "beginning"  
> }  
> }  
> output {  
> file {  
> path =\> "C:/foo/foo.txt"  
> }  
> }

Logstash was started successfully and repeats flush cycle. Java is starting load network on Logstash startup. But Logstash doesn't open output file to write incoming data for more than 5 hours. When I'm using in path

> //foldername/name1/name2/\*/\*.dat

it works and with

> //foldername/\*/\*/\*/\*.dat

it doesn't. I have three level depth with random folders names name1, name2 and name3 that I can't predict. Over the internet this paths are correct in the ruby glob meaning. --debug run didn't represent bugs.  
Is there any workaround?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-2-file-input-plugin-network-path-wildcard-didnt-produce-any-out/188100/2 "2019-06-29T07:05:27Z")

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As far as I know there are potentially some known issues with reading from remote file storage, which is [documented in the file input plugin docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.2/plugins-inputs-file.html#_reading_from_remote_network_volumes).

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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 27, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-2-file-input-plugin-network-path-wildcard-didnt-produce-any-out/188100/3 "2019-07-27T07:05:29Z")

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