# Rename logstash sincedb file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-logstash-sincedb-file/57233>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 4, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-logstash-sincedb-file/57233 "2016-08-04T14:49:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![nabbaraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@nabbaraju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nabbaraju)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-logstash-sincedb-file/57233/1 "2016-08-04T14:49:22Z")

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I have a logstash that runs with sincedb\_path set to "sincedb\_test" and I want to rename the file as "test"; will it cause all logs to be re-processed again? If I rename the sincedb and run logstash again will it ignore the already processed logs?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-logstash-sincedb-file/57233/2 "2016-08-05T00:14:44Z")

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You would need to rename the file and update your config, but it should work.

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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 6, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rename-logstash-sincedb-file/57233/3 "2017-07-06T04:44:46Z")

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