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works:
input {
  file {
    type => "syslog"
#    path => [ "/var/log/hosts/*/*", "/var/log/hosts/*/*/*" ]
    path => [ "/var/log/hosts/fw_ids/messages" ]
    sincedb_path => "/var/db/logstash"
  }
}

does not work:
input {
  file {
    type => "syslog"
    path => [ "/var/log/hosts/*/*", "/var/log/hosts/*/*/*" ]
#    path => [ "/var/log/hosts/fw_ids/messages" ]
    sincedb_path => "/var/db/logstash"
  }
}