[jira] [Created] (FLUME-2773) TailDirSource throws FileNotFound Exception if ~/.flume directory is not created already

["Johny Rufus (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Johny Rufus created FLUME-2773:
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             Summary: TailDirSource throws FileNotFound Exception if ~/.flume directory is not created already
                 Key: FLUME-2773
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2773
             Project: Flume
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: v1.7.0
            Reporter: Johny Rufus
            Assignee: Johny Rufus


If we leave the positionFile parameter to default, 
then the following exception is thrown when ~/.flume is not present
[We should take care of creating the default directory if not present ]

2015-08-27 09:44:30,551 (positionWriter) [ERROR - org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.writePosition(TaildirSource.java:312)] Failed writing positionFile
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /Users/jrufus/.flume/taildir_position.json (No such file or directory)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:221)
        at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:171)
        at java.io.FileWriter.<init>(FileWriter.java:90)
        at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.writePosition(TaildirSource.java:306)
        at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource.access$600(TaildirSource.java:56)
        at org.apache.flume.source.taildir.TaildirSource$PositionWriterRunnable.run(TaildirSource.java:298)



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