Hi,
The bug deals with the problem one encounters in case if the script 'kafka-console-consumer.sh' is executed through a symlink which could be placed on a different location on disk The initial suggestion provided in the bug was to make changes in the below line exec $(dirname $0)/kafka-run-class.sh kafka.tools.ConsoleConsumer "$@" to replace it to "$(dirname "$(readlink -e "$0")")" But as commented in the bug earlier, the above would be OS dependent as MacOS version of readlink does not have an -e option. 1) One approach could be to simulate the working of the readlink function, in a portable manner. I have a working patch for this. The details are available in the comment link https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4566?focusedCommentId=15831442&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-15831442 2) Now seeing that the other scripts in the 'kafka/bin/' location also could have similar calls from symlink I tried moving the function snippet into a separate utilities file, in order to reuse, but if we intend to include the utilities file in all the scripts we need to have the exact base location to our utilities file, which is what we wrote our function in the first place for [☹] . So the only option seems to duplicate the function code in all required scripts. Any suggestions on how to go about the above. Regards Akhilesh DISCLAIMER ========== This e-mail may contain privileged and confidential information which is the property of Persistent Systems Ltd. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, retain, copy, print, distribute or use this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this message. Persistent Systems Ltd. does not accept any liability for virus infected mails.
