# Logstash - Schedule files

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-schedule-files/322057>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 27, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-schedule-files/322057 "2022-12-27T21:30:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 27, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-schedule-files/322057/3 "2022-12-27T22:38:05Z")

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The file input tracks files based on the inode. If you delete a file after reading it then if a new file is created it [may use the same inode](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reading-file-from-beginning-using-file-input/168253/5). The sincedb entry will cause the new file to be ignored. There has been an [open issue](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/213) to get this fixed for several years.

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