Windows: sincedb doesn't handle multiple files

[bwmeier]

The logic for sincedb in filewatch depends on the inode number in stat being a reasonable unique identifier for the file being watched. Unfortunately, the inode number returned by stat in windows is always 0, so multiple files are collapsed into one file, and bizarre behavior results. Perhaps a better identifier is the path in some form?

[trajano]

Is this still occurring? Does it affect logstash/logstash?

[bwmeier]

I branched and fixed locally. No idea if it was fixed in the main code base.

[stoerr]

Yes - it does affect logstash. See https://logstash.jira.com/browse/LOGSTASH-1216 , which reproduces the bug there. So it would be a good idea to use, say, the absolute path instead of the inode as a backup when the inode is 0. Or just include wemeiers fix.

[guyboertje]

This has long been fixed