apache/hadoop · error · IOException

The resolved paths set is empty. Please check whether the s

Error message

The resolved paths set is empty.  Please check whether the srcPaths exist, where srcPaths = {srcPaths}

What it means

Error "The resolved paths set is empty. Please check whether the srcPaths exist, where srcPaths = {srcPaths}" thrown in apache/hadoop.

Source

Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-archives/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/HadoopArchives.java:910

      }
      if (srcPaths.size() == 0) {
        // assuming if the user does not specify path for sources
        // the whole parent directory needs to be archived. 
        srcPaths.add(parentPath);
      }
      // do a glob on the srcPaths and then pass it on
      List<Path> globPaths = new ArrayList<Path>();
      for (Path p: srcPaths) {
        FileSystem fs = p.getFileSystem(getConf());
        FileStatus[] statuses = fs.globStatus(p);
        if (statuses != null) {
          for (FileStatus status: statuses) {
            globPaths.add(fs.makeQualified(status.getPath()));
          }
        }
      }
      if (globPaths.isEmpty()) {
        throw new IOException("The resolved paths set is empty."
            + "  Please check whether the srcPaths exist, where srcPaths = "
            + srcPaths);
      }

      archive(parentPath, globPaths, archiveName, destPath);
    } catch(IOException ie) {
      System.err.println(ie.getLocalizedMessage());
      return -1;
    }
    return 0;
  }

  static final String TEST_HADOOP_ARCHIVES_JAR_PATH = "test.hadoop.archives.jar";

  /** the main functions **/
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JobConf job = new JobConf(HadoopArchives.class);

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Solutions

1. Verify the source paths exist and are readable; glob resolution returned no paths.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at hadoop-tools/hadoop-archives/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/HadoopArchives.java:910 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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