[HADOOP-1967] hadoop dfs -ls, -get, -mv command's source/destination URI are inconsistent

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.14.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Assignee: Doug Cutting
• Reporter: Lohit Vijaya Renu
• Created: 28/Sep/07 21:31
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 29/Feb/08 18:36

Description

While specifying source/destination path for hadoop dfs -ls, -get, -mv, -cp commands, we have some inconsistency related to 'hdfs://' scheme.

Particularly, few of the commands accept both formats
[1] hdfs:///user/lohit/testfile
[2] hdfs://myhost:8020/user/lohit/testfile

and few commands accept only paths, which have authority (host:port)
[2] hdfs://myhost:8020/user/lohit/testfile

below are examples
hadoop dfs -ls (works for both formats)

[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ hadoop dfs -ls hdfs://kry-nn1:8020/user/lohit/ranges
Found 1 items
/user/lohit/ranges <r 3> 24 1970-01-01 00:00
[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ hadoop dfs -ls hdfs:///user/lohit/ranges
Found 1 items

hadoop dfs -get (works for only format [2])

[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ hadoop dfs -get hdfs:///user/lohit/ranges .
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong FS:
hdfs:/user/lohit/ranges, expected: hdfs://kry-nn1:8020
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.checkPath(FileSystem.java:204)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.getPathName(DistributedFileSystem.java:108)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.getPath(DistributedFileSystem.java:104)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.getFileStatus(DistributedFileSystem.java:319)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.isDirectory(FileSystem.java:423)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.copyToLocal(FsShell.java:177)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.copyToLocal(FsShell.java:155)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.run(FsShell.java:1233)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolBase.doMain(ToolBase.java:187)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.main(FsShell.java:1342)
[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ hadoop dfs -get hdfs://kry-nn1:8020/user/lohit/ranges .
[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ ls ./ranges
./ranges
[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$

hadoop dfs -mv / -cp command. source path accepts both format [1] and [2], while destination accepts only [2].

[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ hadoop dfs -cp hdfs://kry-nn1:8020/user/lohit/ranges.test2
hdfs:///user/lohit/ranges.test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Wrong FS:
hdfs:/user/lohit/ranges.test, expected: hdfs://kry-nn1:8020
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem.checkPath(FileSystem.java:204)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.getPathName(DistributedFileSystem.java:108)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.getPath(DistributedFileSystem.java:104)
at
org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.exists(DistributedFileSystem.java:162)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.checkDest(FileUtil.java:269)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.copy(FileUtil.java:117)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.copy(FsShell.java:691)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.copy(FsShell.java:727)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.run(FsShell.java:1260)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ToolBase.doMain(ToolBase.java:187)
at org.apache.hadoop.fs.FsShell.main(FsShell.java:1342)
[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$ hadoop dfs -cp hdfs:///user/lohit/ranges.test2
hdfs://kry-nn1:8020/user/lohit/ranges.test
[lohit@krygw1000 ~]$

We should have a consistent URI naming convention across all commands.