I filed it as HIVE-3779 https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-3779
Thanks, - Bing 2012/12/6 Hezhiqiang (Ransom) <ransom.hezhiqi...@huawei.com> > It’s not supported now. **** > > I think you a rise it in JIRA.**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > Ransom**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Bing Li [mailto:sarah.lib...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2012 5:06 PM > *To:* user@hive.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: How to set an empty value to hive.querylog.location to > disable the creation of hive history file**** > > ** ** > > it will exit with error like > > FAILED: Failed to open Query Log: /dev/null/hive_job_log_xxx.txt > > and pointed that the path is not a directory. > > > > **** > > 2012/12/6 Jithendranath Joijoide <pixelma...@gmail.com>**** > > How about setting it to /dev/null . Not sure if that would help in your > case. Just an hack.**** > > ** ** > > Regards.**** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Bing Li <sarah.lib...@gmail.com> wrote:*** > * > > Hi, all > Refer to https://cwiki.apache.org/Hive/adminmanual-configuration.html, if > I set "hive.querylog.location" to an empty string, it won't create > structured log. > > I filed hive-site.xml in HIVE_HOME/conf and add the following setting, > <property> > <name>hive.querylog.location</name> > <value></value> > </property> > > BUT it didn't work, when launch HIVE_HOME/bin/hive, it created a history > file in /tmp/<user.name> which is the default directory of this property. > > Do you know how to set an EMPTY value in hive-site.xml? > > > Thanks, > - Bing**** > > ** ** > > ** ** >