[ARROW-2919] [C++] Improve error message when listing empty HDFS file

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: C++
• Labels: hdfs pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/19286
• Assignee: Wes McKinney
• Reporter: Manu Zhang
• Created: 26/Jul/18 13:29
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:24
• Resolved: 18/Dec/18 18:24

Description

Currently, listing empty HDFS file returns "list directory failed" which doesn't help much for users. An improvement would be like "list $file_path failed: No such or file directory", the error message that HDFS command "hadoop fs -ls" returns on empty file.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3209