# No sincedb file

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-sincedb-file/116764
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-sincedb-file/116764 "2018-01-23T22:40:53Z")
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### Author: ![Precision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Precision](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Precision)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-sincedb-file/116764/1 "2018-01-23T22:40:53Z")

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I have Logstash successfully working with the file input plugin, but there is no .sincedb\* file on my system. Nada. I have Logstash 5.6.6.

Can this be?

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-sincedb-file/116764/2 "2018-01-25T21:06:53Z")

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If you increase the logging verbosity Logstash will tell you the location of each sincedb file.

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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: [February 22, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-sincedb-file/116764/3 "2018-02-22T21:06:55Z")

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