apache/hadoop · error · IllegalArgumentException

Specified a directory to archive with no contents

Error message

Specified a directory to archive with no contents

What it means

Error "Specified a directory to archive with no contents" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-dynamometer/hadoop-dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/dynamometer/Client.java:800

        dstPath = new Path(dstPathBase, resource.getResourcePath())
            .suffix(".zip");
      } else {
        dstPath = new Path(dstPathBase, srcFiles.get(0).getName());
      }
      FileSystem remoteFS = dstPath.getFileSystem(getConf());
      LOG.info("Uploading resource " + resource + " from " + srcPathString
          + " to " + dstPath);
      try (OutputStream outputStream = remoteFS.create(dstPath, true)) {
        if ("jar".equals(srcScheme)) {
          try (InputStream inputStream = new URL(srcPaths[0]).openStream()) {
            IOUtils.copyBytes(inputStream, outputStream, getConf());
          }
        } else if (shouldArchive) {
          List<File> filesToZip;
          if (srcFiles.size() == 1 && srcFiles.get(0).isDirectory()) {
            File[] childFiles = srcFiles.get(0).listFiles();
            if (childFiles == null || childFiles.length == 0) {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                  "Specified a directory to archive with no contents");
            }
            filesToZip = Lists.newArrayList(childFiles);
          } else {
            filesToZip = srcFiles;
          }
          ZipOutputStream zout = new ZipOutputStream(outputStream);
          for (File fileToZip : filesToZip) {
            addFileToZipRecursively(fileToZip.getParentFile(), fileToZip, zout);
          }
          zout.close();
        } else {
          try (InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(srcFiles.get(0))) {
            IOUtils.copyBytes(inputStream, outputStream, getConf());
          }
        }
      }
      remoteFileStatus = remoteFS.getFileStatus(dstPath);

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Solutions

1. Archive a directory that contains at least one file, or pick a different directory to archive.

When it happens

Trigger: A directory specified for archiving in the dynamometer Client is empty, so there is nothing to zip into the archive.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of apache/hadoop@2add963021 (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/3ae67dbe1baffbb5. Report an issue: GitHub.