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Nifi ListFile Processor

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Rising Star

Hello guys,

I'm having trouble passing the input directory in configuration of ListFile Processor.

Says that directory is invalid or does not exist.

I want' to list files in my local file system in C drive and the folder is SNIRH.

Here is the pic:

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Thanks

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@Wynner

I resolved my issue because in fact i have 3 environments, and i was ponting the listProcessor to the wrong environment.

I have my local file system Windows 8.1, with VirtualBox, running CentOS 7, and on top of CentOS i have the sandbox, and i was pointing my folder to the CentOS layer.

My /media/sf_SharedFolder was placed in CentOS and not in sandbox. I have to thank you for your help.

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@Francisco Pires

Make sure there are no blank spaces in front of the directory path in the property.

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Rising Star

No blank spaces afer the directory @Wynner

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Super Mentor

@Francisco Pires

What about in front of your directory property value "C:\SNIRH"?

Can you attach a template of this configured processor?

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Rising Star

Here is the template @Matt Clarke

template.xml

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@Francisco Pires

What version of Windows are you using?

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@Wynner

I'm using Windows 8.1 with virtualbox 5.0 running Cent OS 7

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@Francisco Pires

Did you share the C: drive with the CentOS 7 VM? Also, when the mapping for a local drive in CentOS will not be in the windows format, it will be more like a CentOS drive, so it will look like /cdrive or whatever name you give it when you configure it in VirtualBox.

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@Francisco Pires

If you put that path, /media/sf_SharedFolder, in the Input Directory property for the ListFile processor, does it get a listing of files?

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@Wynner

I'm a bit confused. I have a shared folder yes, but it's not C: drive. It's a folder between CentOS and my local file system (Windows). From what i understood, if i put the files in my shared directory i just have to pass that path to the nifi processor in a CentOS way. What i'm confusing now is the HDFS and my sharefolder. Suppose i wan't to have that folder visible in my HDFS it is possible? (Example, in hive instead of picking the file from local, picking the file form HDFS path)