[jira] [Commented] (NIFI-1437) CharacterSetConversion and other Processors do not handle Windows paths well enough.

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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-1437:
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Github user thadguidry commented on the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/181#issuecomment-174546882
  
    @joewitt Done!  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1437



> CharacterSetConversion and other Processors do not handle Windows paths well enough.
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>
>                 Key: NIFI-1437
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1437
>             Project: Apache NiFi
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Core Framework
>         Environment: Windows 7 64bit Enterprise, Windows 10 64bit Professional
>            Reporter: Thad Guidry
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: windows
>
> Windows users typically don't have to worry about supplying a trailing slash....until they work with some Java programs like Nifi.
> An input path such as "E:\git\nifi\nifi-nar-bundles\nifi-standard-bundle\nifi-standard-processors\src\test\resources\CharacterSetConversionSamples\TestInput" that does not have a trailing slash will cause NiFi to parse all files in CharacterSetConversionSamples....not the TestInput folder. To remedy the situation, Windows users just need to add the trailing slash \ such as "E:\git\nifi\nifi-nar-bundles\nifi-standard-bundle\nifi-standard-processors\src\test\resources\CharacterSetConversionSamples\TestInput\" and then NiFi is able to use the correct path and not pickup extra files from the unexpected parent folder of CharacterSetConversionSamples.
> Giving an extra hint for Windows users is sometimes an easier workaround  than doing Windows OS detection with http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/javadocs/api-release/org/apache/commons/lang3/SystemUtils.html#IS_OS_WINDOWS
> I think most Windows users and developers are aware of this kind of issue that we deal with everyday, and the extra hint should be enough...
> but others might disagree and want to fix Processor path issues for Windows users in the core framework itself.



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