[HADOOP-667] Path configuration properties should not be comma separated

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 0.7.2
• Component/s: fs
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Nigel Daley
• Created: 01/Nov/06 17:56
• Updated: 15/Dec/06 23:02
• Resolved: 13/Dec/06 16:44

Description

A few configuration properties allow multiple directory paths separated by comma's (,). Since comma is a valid character for a directory name, it should not be used as a path separator.

At a minimum, this applies to these properties:
mapred.local.dir
dfs.name.dir

[ I also wonder how robust the implementation is against paths that contain spaces. ]