[HADOOP-2582] hadoop dfs -copyToLocal creates zero byte files, when source file does not exists

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.15.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.16.0
• Assignee: Lohit Vijaya Renu
• Reporter: Lohit Vijaya Renu
• Created: 11/Jan/08 22:02
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 19/Jan/08 03:37

Description

hadoop dfs -copyToLocal with an no existing source file creates a zero byte destination file. It should throw an error message indicating the source file does not exists.

[lohit@ hadoop-trunk]$ hadoop dfs -get nosuchfile nosuchfile
[lohit@ hadoop-trunk]$ ls -l nosuchfile 
-rw-r--r--  1 lohit users 0 Jan 11 21:58 nosuchfile
[lohit@ hadoop-trunk]$