[FLUME-2773] TailDirSource throws FileNotFound Exception if ~/.flume directory is not created already

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.0
• Assignee: Johny Rufus
• Reporter: Johny Rufus
• Created: 27/Aug/15 16:54
• Updated: 18/Jun/16 17:35
• Resolved: 25/Sep/15 05:45

Description

If we leave the positionFile parameter to default,
then the following exception is thrown when ~/.flume is not present
[We should take care of creating the default directory if not present ]

2015-08-27 09:44:30,551 (positionWriter) [ERROR - org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.writePosition(TaildirSource.java:312)] Failed writing positionFile
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/jrufus/.flume/taildir_position.json (No such file or directory)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:221)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:171)
at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(FileWriter.java:90)
at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.writePosition(TaildirSource.java:306)
at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.access$600(TaildirSource.java:56)
at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource$PositionWriterRunnable.run(TaildirSource.java:298)