[HDFS-7852] Errors reading/removing folders with the character # in the name

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.6.0
• Component/s: hdfs-client
• Labels: hadoop

Environment

1. lsb_release -a
   LSB Version: :base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
   Distributor ID: CentOS
   Description: CentOS release 6.6 (Final)
   Release: 6.6
   Codename: Final

Virtual Machine downloaded from http://hortonworks.com/products/hortonworks-sandbox/#install
HDP 2.2

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Angel Cervera Claudio
• Created: 26/Feb/15 16:54
• Updated: 20/Oct/15 08:20

Description

Steps to reproduce the error:

$ echo "hello" > hello.txt
$ hadoop fs -mkdir hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing
$ hadoop fs -mkdir hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/IP#OTHER
$ hadoop fs -ls hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing
drwxr-xr-x - devuser hdfs 0 2015-02-26 16:14 hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/IP#OTHER
drwxr-xr-x - devuser hdfs 0 2015-02-26 16:46 hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/xx
$ hadoop fs -ls hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing
Found 2 items
drwxr-xr-x - devuser hdfs 0 2015-02-26 16:39 hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/IP#OTHER
drwxr-xr-x - devuser hdfs 0 2015-02-26 16:42 hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/xx
$ hadoop fs -ls hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/xx
$ hadoop fs -ls hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/IP#OTHER
ls: File hdfs://172.16.33.150:8020/testing/IP%23OTHER does not exist.

Other errors:

• putting files inside a folder with the character # in the name.
• removing folders with this character in the name.