title: Configuring Logstash on Windows
body: <p>I am trying to feed log files into Logstash on a Windows machine.  I tried following the tutorial at <a href="http://logstash.net/docs/1.1.13/tutorials/getting-started-simple" rel="noreferrer">http://logstash.net/docs/1.1.13/tutorials/getting-started-simple</a>, and am now stuck on the "Continuing on" part.  This is what my logstash-simple.conf file looks like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>input {
    stdin {
      type =&gt; "stdin-type"
    }
  
    file {
      type =&gt; "syslog"
  
      # Wildcards work, here :)
      path =&gt; [ "C:/Results/test.txt" ]
    }
  }
  
  output {
    stdout { }
    elasticsearch { embedded =&gt; true }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried all kinds of combinations of forward slashes, backward slashes, etc., and I get a "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."</p>
  
  <p>Any tips?</p>
  
  <p>Also - will it recursively look through the directory if I specify C:/Results/* (and that dir has multiple subdirs)?</p>