# Start\_position: beggining

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-position-beggining/66763>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 21, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-position-beggining/66763 "2016-11-21T18:31:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-position-beggining/66763/1 "2016-11-21T18:31:47Z")

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Hello,

I am wondering if I set my \<start\_position: beggining\> in my Logstash configuration, if I restart Logstash, will files that have already been processed be reprocessed, or will sincedb protect from reprocessing previously processed files, ecen though I have \<start\_position: beggining\> configuration set?

Thanks in advance Chrome,

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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:** [November 21, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-position-beggining/66763/2 "2016-11-21T21:09:01Z")

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Logstash will always honour the sincedb contents, if available. Quoting the documentation:

> This option only modifies "first contact" situations where a file is new and not seen before, i.e. files that don’t have a current position recorded in a sincedb file read by Logstash. If a file has already been seen before, this option has no effect and the position recorded in the sincedb file will be used.

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**Author:** ![chromechris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47c2d/32.png) [@chromechris](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chromechris)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-position-beggining/66763/3 "2016-11-21T21:18:07Z")

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Awesome, thanks Magnus!

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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:** [December 19, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/start-position-beggining/66763/4 "2016-12-19T21:18:11Z")

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