dfs cat on a file that does not exist throws a java IOException ---------------------------------------------------------------
Key: HADOOP-2194 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2194 Project: Hadoop Issue Type: Bug Components: dfs Affects Versions: 0.15.1, 0.16.0 Reporter: Mukund Madhugiri Fix For: 0.16.0 The dfs cat command throws an IOException when the file does not exist: bin/hadoop dfs -cat doesnotexist cat: java.io.IOException: Cannot open filename<home directory>/doesnotexist] In Linux, if a file does not exist, cat displays this: cat: doesnotexist: No such file or directory -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.