[ARROW-1121] [C++] Improve error message when opening OS file fails

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.4.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.6.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16723
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Wes McKinney
• Created: 15/Jun/17 20:58
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:12
• Resolved: 08/Aug/17 15:57

Description

The error in CheckOpenResult https://github.com/apache/arrow/blob/master/cpp/src/arrow/io/file.cc#L130 could be more clear to indicate that it's trying to open a local on-disk file. If a user tries passing a URI for some other kind of file system then this may not be as obvious.