# Sincedb file in windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 5, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-in-windows/62280 "2016-10-05T14:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mayank\_Agrawal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mayank\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mayank_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-in-windows/62280/1 "2016-10-05T14:30:03Z")
I am tracking logstash progress by reading since db file. In linux, it is easy to find inode number of a file and then track the corresponding changes in a particular file, but in windows, I am unable to do so. What is the number that is stored in **inode** column (In sincedb file) in **windows**??? How can i find out this number of a particular file ( **in windows** )?? Example: **2764313602-481505-2097152** 0 0 800 **2764313602-481659-1638400** 0 0 402 **2764313602-13757-8847360** 0 0 256 ---
**Author:** ![Mayank\_Agrawal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@Mayank\_Agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mayank_Agrawal)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-in-windows/62280/2 "2016-10-05T22:09:57Z")
I have solved the issue. For those, who may want to have answers to above questions may refer link : [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/562701/best-way-to-determine-if-two-path-reference-to-same-file-in-windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/562701/best-way-to-determine-if-two-path-reference-to-same-file-in-windows) ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-in-windows/62280/3 "2017-07-06T04:35:31Z")