Index: ql/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/QTestUtil.java =================================================================== --- ql/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/QTestUtil.java (revision 1186568) +++ ql/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/QTestUtil.java (working copy) @@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog("QTestUtil"); private String testWarehouse; - private final String tmpdir= System.getProperty("test.tmp.dir") ; - private final Path tmppath = new Path(tmpdir); - - private final String testFiles; protected final String outDir; protected final String logDir; @@ -234,7 +230,13 @@ initConf(); - testFiles = conf.get("test.data.files").replace('\\', '/') + // Use the current directory if it is not specified + String dataDir = conf.get("test.data.files"); + if (dataDir == null) { + dataDir = new File(".").getAbsolutePath() + "/data/files"; + } + + testFiles = dataDir.replace('\\', '/') .replace("c:", ""); String ow = System.getProperty("test.output.overwrite");