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Viraj Bhat commented on PIG-754:
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Another workaround as suggested in PIG:564 :)
{code}
pig -exectype local -param infile=\'file.right\' infile.pig
(RIGHT!!!!)
(This is file.right..)
{code}
> Bugs with load and store and filenames passed with -param containing periods
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: PIG-754
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-754
> Project: Pig
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: David Ciemiewicz
>
> This one drove me batty.
> I have two files file and file.right.
> file:
> {code}
> WRONG!!!!
> This is file, not file.right.
> {code}
> file.right:
> {code}
> RIGHT!!!!
> This is file.right..
> {code}
> infile.pig:
> {code}
> A = load '$infile' using PigStorage();
> dump A;
> {code}
> When I pass in file.right as the infile parameter value, the wrong file is
> read:
> {code}
> -bash-3.00$ pig -exectype local -param infile=file.right infile.pig
> USING: /grid/0/gs/pig/current
> 2009-04-05 23:18:36,291 [main] INFO
> org.apache.pig.backend.local.executionengine.LocalPigLauncher - 100% complete!
> 2009-04-05 23:18:36,292 [main] INFO
> org.apache.pig.backend.local.executionengine.LocalPigLauncher - Success!!
> (WRONG!!!! )
> (This is file, not file.right.)
> {code}
> However, if I pass in infile as ./file.right, the script magically works.
> {code}
> -bash-3.00$ pig -exectype local -param infile=./file.right infile.pig
> USING: /grid/0/gs/pig/current
> 2009-04-05 23:20:46,735 [main] INFO
> org.apache.pig.backend.local.executionengine.LocalPigLauncher - 100% complete!
> 2009-04-05 23:20:46,736 [main] INFO
> org.apache.pig.backend.local.executionengine.LocalPigLauncher - Success!!
> (RIGHT!!!!)
> (This is file.right.)
> {code}
> I do not have this problem if I use the file name with a period in the script
> itself:
> infile2.pig
> {code}
> A = load 'file.right' using PigStorage();
> dump A;
> {code}
> {code}
> -bash-3.00$ pig -exectype local infile2.pig
> USING: /grid/0/gs/pig/current
> 2009-04-05 23:22:47,022 [main] INFO
> org.apache.pig.backend.local.executionengine.LocalPigLauncher - 100% complete!
> 2009-04-05 23:22:47,023 [main] INFO
> org.apache.pig.backend.local.executionengine.LocalPigLauncher - Success!!
> (RIGHT!!!!)
> (This is file.right.)
> {code}
> I also experience similar problems when I try to pass in param outfile in a
> store statement.
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