Looks like you are trying to run HBase on Windows. cygpath is not significant, you may can ignore it.
Regarding to the error of " java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries", you need to copy "winutils.exe" to the directory of %HBASE_HOME%\bin. You may can download "winutils.exe" from github (https://github.com/Zutai/HadoopOnWindows/tree/master/NativeDllAndExe) Regards, xiaochun -----Original Message----- From: Cheyenne Forbes [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2016 7:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: I get this error when I try to run hbase in standalone mode ./bin/start-hbase.sh cygpath: can't convert empty path cygpath: can't convert empty path 2016-08-16 13:25:30,999 ERROR [main] util.Shell: Failed to locate the winutils binary in the hadoop binary path java.io.IOException: Could not locate executable null\bin\winutils.exe in the Hadoop binaries. at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.getQualifiedBinPath(Shell.java:355) at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.getWinUtilsPath(Shell.java:370) at org.apache.hadoop.util.Shell.<clinit>(Shell.java:363) at org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils.<clinit>(StringUtils.java:78) at org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration.getStrings(Configuration.java:1699) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKConfig.makeZKPropsFromHbaseConfig( ZKConfig.java:151) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKConfig.makeZKProps(ZKConfig.java:67) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKServerTool. readZKNodes(ZKServerTool.java:47) at org.apache.hadoop.hbase.zookeeper.ZKServerTool.main(ZKServerTool.java:70) Regards, Cheyenne Forbes
