# Sincedb file movable?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-movable/80385>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 28, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-movable/80385 "2017-03-28T22:22:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Allie\_Yang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/allie_yang/32/16538_2.png) [@Allie\_Yang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Allie_Yang)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-movable/80385/1 "2017-03-28T22:22:20Z")

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If i just upload my sincedb file from one aws instance server to another server to /$home, does logstash continue to recognize it and parse from the specific point in the file?

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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:** [March 30, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-movable/80385/2 "2017-03-30T01:07:26Z")

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Are you pointing the sincedb path to that new 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:** [April 27, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sincedb-file-movable/80385/3 "2017-04-27T01:07:47Z")

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