# S3 Input plugin overwrites the files written to directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-overwrites-the-files-written-to-directory/197209>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 28, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-overwrites-the-files-written-to-directory/197209 "2019-08-28T19:40:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![EZprogramming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ezprogramming/32/57291_2.png) [@EZprogramming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EZprogramming)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-overwrites-the-files-written-to-directory/197209/1 "2019-08-28T19:40:23Z")

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When I pull data from S3, the tar file gets overwritten every time. Is there any way to save each file without having them be overwritten in S3 temporary directory?

**Logstash configuration:**

```
input{
    s3 {
        access_key_id => "..."
        secret_access_key => "..."
        region => "..."
        bucket => "..."
        prefix => "..."
        temporary_directory => "/.../.../.../temp_files/"
        codec => json_lines
        additional_settings => {    
            force_path_style => true
            follow_redirects => false
        }
        type => "s3"
    }
}
```

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**Author:** ![EZprogramming](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ezprogramming/32/57291_2.png) [@EZprogramming](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/EZprogramming)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-overwrites-the-files-written-to-directory/197209/2 "2019-09-10T18:37:46Z")

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Bump

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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:** [October 8, 2019, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/s3-input-plugin-overwrites-the-files-written-to-directory/197209/3 "2019-10-08T18:37:50Z")

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