# Want to Process Multiple Files that exist in One Folder

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-process-multiple-files-that-exist-in-one-folder/28384>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 31, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-process-multiple-files-that-exist-in-one-folder/28384 "2015-08-31T20:07:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/want-to-process-multiple-files-that-exist-in-one-folder/28384/8 "2015-09-01T19:54:56Z")

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Ok. This makes sense. So if I want to rerun logstash and populate a different index, I need to first delete a file named sincedb?

I am trying to understand where the sincedb file is located.

The documenation says "By default, the sincedb file is placed in the home directory of the user running Logstash with a filename based on the filename patterns being watched". Where is the home directory of the user running Logstash?

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