[jira] [Commented] (CASSANDRA-6449) Tools error out if they can't make ~/.cassandra

["J.B. Langston (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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J.B. Langston commented on CASSANDRA-6449:
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>From a customer:

The culprit is: / src / java / org / apache / cassandra / utils / FBUtilities.java

File historyDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".cassandra");

Setting an alternate environment variable HOME doesn't fix. I've tried patching the nodetool wrapper script to provide -Duser.home at runtime, but it seems when defining user.home, I get runtime errors with missing libraries. It would be nice if the tool just honoured $HOME (or let you specify a commandline override without hacking the script).

> Tools error out if they can't make ~/.cassandra
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CASSANDRA-6449
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6449
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Tools
>            Reporter: Jeremiah Jordan
>
> We shouldn't error out if we can't make the .cassandra folder for the new history stuff.
> {noformat}
> Exception in thread "main" FSWriteError in /usr/share/opscenter-agent/.cassandra
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.io.util.FileUtils.createDirectory(FileUtils.java:261)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities.getToolsOutputDirectory(FBUtilities.java:627)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeCmd.printHistory(NodeCmd.java:1403)
> 	at org.apache.cassandra.tools.NodeCmd.main(NodeCmd.java:1122)
> Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to mkdirs /usr/share/opscenter-agent/.cassandra
> 	... 4 more
> {noformat}



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