Re: java.io.FileNotFoundException: / (Is a directory)

[Dennis Kubes <nu...@dragonflymc.com>]

That is a hadoop.log.dir problem value not being set.  It is trying to 
use the DRFA appender to a file and can't find the log directory.

Dennis

Gal Nitzan wrote:
> 
> Just installed latest from trunk.
> 
> I run mergesegs and I get the following error in all tasks log files (I use
> default log4j.properties):
> 
> log4j:ERROR setFile(null,true) call failed.
> java.io.FileNotFoundException: / (Is a directory)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.openAppend(Native Method)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:177)
>         at java.io.FileOutputStream.(FileOutputStream.java:102)
>         at org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.setFile(FileAppender.java:289)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.FileAppender.activateOptions(FileAppender.java:163)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender.activateOptions(DailyRollingFileAp
> pender.java:215)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.activate(PropertySetter.java:256)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:132
> )
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.config.PropertySetter.setProperties(PropertySetter.java:96)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseAppender(PropertyConfigurator.jav
> a:654)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.parseCategory(PropertyConfigurator.jav
> a:612)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.configureRootCategory(PropertyConfigur
> ator.java:509)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:
> 415)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.PropertyConfigurator.doConfigure(PropertyConfigurator.java:
> 441)
>         at
> org.apache.log4j.helpers.OptionConverter.selectAndConfigure(OptionConverter.
> java:468)
>         at org.apache.log4j.LogManager.(LogManager.java:122)
>         at org.apache.log4j.Logger.getLogger(Logger.java:104)
>         at
> org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.getLogger(Log4JLogger.java:229)
>         at org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4JLogger.(Log4JLogger.java:65)
>         at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
> Method)
>         at
> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAcces
> sorImpl.java:39)
>         at
> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstruc
> torAccessorImpl.java:27)
>         at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
>         at
> org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.newInstance(LogFactoryImpl.ja
> va:529)
>         at
> org.apache.commons.logging.impl.LogFactoryImpl.getInstance(LogFactoryImpl.ja
> va:235)
>         at org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory.getLog(LogFactory.java:370)
>         at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker.(TaskTracker.java:59)
>         at
> org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker$Child.main(TaskTracker.java:1346)
> log4j:ERROR Either File or DatePattern options are not set for appender
> [DRFA].
> 
>