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Merge pull request #1271 from tsg/force_close_files_docs
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Fix force_close_files docs
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andrewkroh committed Mar 31, 2016
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===== force_close_files

By default, Filebeat keeps the files that it’s reading open until the timespan specified by `ignore_older` has elapsed.
By default, Filebeat keeps the files that it’s reading open until the timespan specified by `close_older` has elapsed.
This behaviour can cause issues when a file is removed. On Windows, the file cannot be fully removed until Filebeat closes
the file. In addition no new file with the same name can be created during this time.

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