Looks like the processor started listing CWD On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 2:00 PM William Gosse <william.go...@aifoundry.com> wrote:
> The real var name was aimuploaddir and the error was aimduploaddir. Think > I have a work around to prevent the tragedy was wiping out Nifi. I did this: > > ${aimuploaddir:replaceEmpty('xxxxxxxxXXXXXXXX')} > > > > > > *From:* Joe Witt <joe.w...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2019 4:06 PM > *To:* users@nifi.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Weird ListFile Issue > > > > [CAUTION: This email originated from outside of Kodak Alaris. Do not click > links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the > content is safe.] > ------------------------------ > > William > > > > What was the real dir name vs the erroneous name? What might happens > depends on many factors such as os behaviors. > > > > thanks > > > > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 12:47 PM William Gosse <william.go...@aifoundry.com> > wrote: > > I ran into kind of a weird issue with the ListFile processor. I was > referencing a variable for my input directory and had enter the variable > name incorrectly. > > So I assumed that the with my incorrect variable name the value of the > Input Directory would be null or an empty string. > > When I started the InputFile it started listing all the files inside of my > Nifi install directory. Things got bad when the my FetchFile started to > delete them. > > I'm on 1.9.1 but I was wondering if this was the normal behavior or some > kind of bug. > > If anyone has seen this behavior and has some kind of viable workaround > please let me know. > >