[HADOOP-14210] Directories are not listed recursively when fs.defaultFs is viewFs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.7.0
• Component/s: viewfs
• Labels: viewfs
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Ajith S
• Created: 15/May/15 13:55
• Updated: 12/Mar/18 23:52

Description

Mount a cluster on client throught viewFs mount table
Example:

<property>
<name>fs.defaultFS</name>
<value>viewfs:///</value>
</property>
<property>
<name>fs.viewfs.mounttable.default.link./nn1</name>
<value>hdfs://ns1/</value> <!-- HA nameservice -->
</property>
<property>
<name>fs.viewfs.mounttable.default.link./user</name>
<value>hdfs://host-72:8020/</value>
</property>
<property>

Try to list the files recursively (hdfs dfs -ls -R / or hadoop fs -ls -R /) only the parent folders are listed.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: HDFS-5713 ViewFS doesn't work with -lsr command