[HADOOP-5673] DistCp throw NPE if src is root

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Invalid
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tsz-wo Sze
• Created: 14/Apr/09 20:58
• Updated: 17/Mar/15 18:51
• Resolved: 29/Apr/09 00:24

Description

bash-3.2$ ./bin/hadoop distcp / .
09/04/14 14:01:11 INFO tools.DistCp: srcPaths=[/]
09/04/14 14:01:11 INFO tools.DistCp: destPath=
With failures, global counters are inaccurate; consider running with -i
Copy failed: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at org.apache.hadoop.tools.DistCp.makeRelative(DistCp.java:901)
        at org.apache.hadoop.tools.DistCp.setup(DistCp.java:1059)
        ...

Issue Links

• is related to: HADOOP-11724 DistCp throws NPE when the target directory is root.