[HADOOP-3012] dfs -mv file to user home directory fails silently if the user home directory does not exist

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.17.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.17.0
• Component/s: fs
• Assignee: Mahadev Konar
• Reporter: Mukund Madhugiri
• Created: 13/Mar/08 20:12
• Updated: 21/May/08 20:06
• Resolved: 20/Mar/08 17:16

Description

dfs -mv file to user home directory fails silently if the user home directory does not exist. This was working before. It will move the file if the user home directory exists.

Here is the sequence:
1. bin/hadoop dfs -lsr /
/file1 <r 3> 0 2008-03-13 19:54 rw-r-r- hadoopqa supergroup

2. bin/hadoop dfs -mv /file1 file2

3. bin/hadoop dfs -lsr /
/file1 <r 3> 0 2008-03-13 19:54 rw-r-r- hadoopqa supergroup

4. hadoop dfs -lsr /
/file1 <r 3> 0 2008-03-13 19:54 rw-r-r- hadoopqa supergroup
/user <dir> 2008-03-13 20:07 rwxr-xr-x hadoopqa supergroup
/user/hadoopqa <dir> 2008-03-13 20:07 rwxr-xr-x hadoopqa supergroup
/user/hadoopqa/file0 <r 3> 0 2008-03-13 20:07 rw-r-r- hadoopqa supergroup

5. bin/hadoop dfs -mv /file1 file2

6. bin/hadoop dfs -lsr /
/user <dir> 2008-03-13 20:07 rwxr-xr-x hadoopqa supergroup
/user/hadoopqa <dir> 2008-03-13 20:08 rwxr-xr-x hadoopqa supergroup
/user/hadoopqa/file0 <r 3> 0 2008-03-13 20:07 rw-r-r- hadoopqa supergroup
/user/hadoopqa/file2 <r 3> 0 2008-03-13 19:54 rw-r-r- hadoopqa supergroup

In step #2, it fails to move the file.
In step #5, it moves the file as /user/hadoopqa directory exists.