[HADOOP-344] TaskTracker passes incorrect file path to DF under cygwin

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.5.0

Environment

Windows

• Assignee: Konstantin Shvachko
• Reporter: Konstantin Shvachko
• Created: 06/Jul/06 05:12
• Updated: 04/Aug/06 22:22
• Resolved: 25/Jul/06 08:59

Description

The path that is passed is OS dependent. The File abstraction should be used in order to make it universal.
I'm attaching a patch that does that.
We might want to change the path parameter for DF. Making it File rather than String should prevent us from
bugs like that in the future.