# Logstash doesn't generate output file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-generate-output-file/167493>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-generate-output-file/167493 "2019-02-07T17:44:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ssasporta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ssasporta/32/13695_2.png) [@ssasporta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ssasporta)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-generate-output-file/167493/1 "2019-02-07T17:44:43Z")

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Hi,

**Logstash doesn't generate any output.**

My **lostash.conf** file looks like that:

input {  
file {  
path =\> "C:/elastic/KPI-Incidents-test.csv"  
start\_position =\> "beginning"  
ignore\_older =\> 0  
sincedb\_path =\> "NUL"  
}  
}  
filter {  
csv {  
columns =\> ["ID do Incidente","Status","Empresa Grupo Suporte","EmpresaConsiderada","DataValorCriado","HoraValorCriado"]  
separator =\> ","  
}  
}  
output {  
file {  
path =\> "C:/elastic/Temp/logstash\_output\_file"  
}  
}

I can't see any ERROR in the log or something that describes the reason for it.

We run version 6.5.4 on Windows 10

Regards,  
Sharon.

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-generate-output-file/167493/2 "2019-02-07T17:46:44Z")

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> [@ssasporta](#):
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> ignore\_older =\> 0

That says to ignore any files more than zero seconds old, which is usually every file, so it will process nothing.

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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:** [March 7, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-doesnt-generate-output-file/167493/3 "2019-03-07T17:46:48Z")

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