Looks like the processor started listing CWD
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 2:00 PM William Gosse <[email protected]>
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> 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:
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> ${aimuploaddir:replaceEmpty('xxxxxxxxXXXXXXXX')}
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> *From:* Joe Witt <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 22, 2019 4:06 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: Weird ListFile Issue
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> William
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> What was the real dir name vs the erroneous name? What might happens
> depends on many factors such as os behaviors.
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> thanks
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> On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 12:47 PM William Gosse <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> 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.
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> So I assumed that the with my incorrect variable name the value of the
> Input Directory would be null or an empty string.
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> 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.
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> I'm on 1.9.1 but I was wondering if this was the normal behavior or some
> kind of bug.
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> If anyone has seen this behavior and has some kind of viable workaround
> please let me know.
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