[HADOOP-3497] File globbing with a PathFilter is too restrictive

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.17.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.20.0
• Component/s: fs
• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed

Release Note

Changed the semantics of file globbing with a PathFilter (using the globStatus method of FileSystem). Previously, the filtering was too restrictive, so that a glob of /*/* and a filter that only accepts /a/b would not have matched /a/b. With this change /a/b does match.

• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Thomas White
• Created: 05/Jun/08 12:43
• Updated: 23/Apr/09 19:17
• Resolved: 04/Dec/08 14:12

Description

Consider the file hierarchy

/a
/a/b

Calling the globStatus method on FileSystem with a path of

/*/*

and a PathFilter that only accepts /a/b returns no matches. It should return a single match: /a/b.