sqoop import error writing to directory

[#1]

I am getting this error at the end but its still loading the data in hbase fine so what does this error mean for this load 'cannot append files to target directory' ?

sqoop command

sqoop job -Dmapreduce.job.user.classpath.first=true --create incjob  -- import --connect "jdbc:oracle:thin:@(description=(address=(protocol=tcp)(host=patronQA)(port=1526))(connect_data=(service_name=patron)))" --username PATRON  --incremental append --check-column INSERT_TIME --table PATRON.UFM_VIEW -split-by UFM_VIEW.UFMID  --target-dir /user/root/_sqoop --hbase-table UFM --column-family F1 --hbase-row-key "UFMID" --columns "UFMID,LANEUFMSEQNO,LANEID,PLAZAID,TXNTM,TIP_ID,TIPUFMSEQ,INSERT_TIME"

        File Input Format Counters
                Bytes Read=0
        File Output Format Counters
                Bytes Written=0
18/06/27 10:05:48 INFO mapreduce.ImportJobBase: Transferred 0 bytes in 147.9979 seconds (0 bytes/sec)
18/06/27 10:05:48 INFO mapreduce.ImportJobBase: Retrieved 999 records.
18/06/27 10:05:48 WARN util.AppendUtils: Cannot append files to target dir; no such directory: _sqoop/c81a737093c64d4492c58671affe31fe_PATRON.UFM_VIEW
18/06/27 10:05:48 INFO tool.ImportTool: Saving incremental import state to the metastore
18/06/27 10:05:49 INFO tool.ImportTool: Updated data for job: incjob
[hdfs@hadoop1 ~]$

hbase gets the data fine

hbase(main):001:0>
hbase(main):002:0* count 'UFM',INTERVAL => 20000
999 row(s) in 0.3320 seconds
=> 999
hbase(main):003:0>

[#2 · Accepted solution]

@Sami Ahmad,

This is just a warning message not an error. This can occur when both target dir and -append are specified with HBase.

https://github.com/apache/sqoop/blob/trunk/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/util/AppendUtils.java#L77-L80

.

-Aditya

[#3]

but doesn't this import creates files in hdfs somewhere or the data is moved directly in hbase?

[#4]

@Sami Ahmad,

Since you have specified --hbase-table , it will import into hbase rather than HDFS.

Ref : https://sqoop.apache.org/docs/1.4.2/SqoopUserGuide.html#_importing_data_into_hbase