[HADOOP-11508] HADOOP_CONF_DIR is ignored in Windows and always set to %HADOOP_HOME%/etc/hadoop

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.2.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: bin, scripts

Environment

Windows 8.1 64bit with Visual Studio Express 2013

• Tags: windows
• Assignee: Kiran Kumar M R
• Reporter: Kiran Kumar M R
• Created: 25/Jan/15 21:19
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:23
• Resolved: 26/Jan/15 19:18

Description

In windows run environment, configuring custom conf directory using environment variable HADOOP_CONF_DIR is not working.

Script %HADOOP_HOME%\libexec\hadoop-config.cmd is overwriting it as

set HADOOP_CONF_DIR=%HADOOP_HOME%\etc\hadoop

Issue Links

• duplicates: HADOOP-10140 Specification of HADOOP_CONF_DIR via the environment in hadoop_config.cmd