[HADOOP-1020] Path class on Windows seems broken

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Assignee: Doug Cutting
• Reporter: Nigel Daley
• Created: 14/Feb/07 20:14
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 28/Feb/07 23:06

Description

Executing this code:

Path file = new Path("file:///", "C:/trunk/build/test/data"); or Path file = new Path("C:/trunk/build/test/data");
FileSystem fs = file.getFileSystem(conf);
fs.mkdirs(file))

produces this exception. It looks like it's defaulting to the DistributedFileSystem.

2007-02-14 11:36:31,700 INFO mapred.TaskInProgress (TaskInProgress.java:updateStatus(296)) - Error from task_0001_m_000000_0: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Pathname /C:/trunk/build/test/data from C:/trunk/build/test/data is not a valid DFS filename.
at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.getPath(DistributedFileSystem.java:111)
at org.apache.hadoop.dfs.DistributedFileSystem.mkdirs(DistributedFileSystem.java:211)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MRCaching$MapClass.configure(MRCaching.java:68)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:50)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:70)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.configure(MapRunner.java:34)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:50)
at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:70)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:178)
at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$Child.main(TaskTracker.java:1396)