it will exit with error like FAILED: Failed to open Query Log: /dev/null/hive_job_log_xxx.txt
and pointed that the path is not a directory. 2012/12/6 Jithendranath Joijoide <pixelma...@gmail.com> > How about setting it to /dev/null . Not sure if that would help in your > case. Just an hack. > > Regards. > > > On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Bing Li <sarah.lib...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, all >> Refer to https://cwiki.apache.org/Hive/adminmanual-configuration.html, >> if I set "hive.querylog.location" to an empty string, it won't create >> structured log. >> >> I filed hive-site.xml in HIVE_HOME/conf and add the following setting, >> <property> >> <name>hive.querylog.location</name> >> <value></value> >> </property> >> >> BUT it didn't work, when launch HIVE_HOME/bin/hive, it created a history >> file in /tmp/<user.name> which is the default directory of this property. >> >> Do you know how to set an EMPTY value in hive-site.xml? >> >> >> Thanks, >> - Bing >> > >