It sounds like \tmp\kafka-logs should work since that's what File.getParent() returns. Not sure why you can't use that to create the file.
Thanks, Jun On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Vjeran Marcinko < vjeran.marci...@email.t-com.hr> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem going through start guide on Windows. Basically what I > found are file path problems it seems: > > If I try to set Kafka log dir path in server.properties using Windows file > separator, such as > D:\tmp\kafka-logs, or even > \tmp\kafka-logs > , then kafka cannot be started, since it throws > > [2014-01-25 08:04:00,495] FATAL Fatal error during KafkaServerStable > startup. Prepare to shutdown (kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable) > java.io.IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax > is > incorrect > at java.io.WinNTFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method) > at java.io.Win32FileSystem.canonicalize(Win32FileSystem.java:396) > at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:559) > at > > kafka.log.LogManager$$anonfun$createAndValidateLogDirs$1.apply(LogManager.sc > ala:70) > at > > kafka.log.LogManager$$anonfun$createAndValidateLogDirs$1.apply(LogManager.sc > ala:70) > at > > scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala: > 206) > at > > scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala: > 206) > at > > scala.collection.IndexedSeqOptimized$class.foreach(IndexedSeqOptimized.scala > :34) > at > scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray.foreach(WrappedArray.scala:32) > at > scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:206) > at scala.collection.mutable.WrappedArray.map(WrappedArray.scala:32) > at > kafka.log.LogManager.createAndValidateLogDirs(LogManager.scala:70) > at kafka.log.LogManager.<init>(LogManager.scala:60) > at kafka.server.KafkaServer.startup(KafkaServer.scala:63) > at > kafka.server.KafkaServerStartable.startup(KafkaServerStartable.scala:34) > at kafka.Kafka$.main(Kafka.scala:46) > > If I use Unix file separator in settings, such as default /tmp/kafka-logs, > (and for those who don't use Windows, java on Windows accepts paths that > have unix path separator such as D:/tmp/some.file), then Kafka can be > started, but during topic creation I get following error which I assume is > due to trying to find the key using windows file separator as given in > exception log: > > [2014-01-25 08:05:53,681] ERROR Error on broker 0 while processing > LeaderAndIsr request correlationId 6 received from controller 0 epoch 1 for > partition (mytopic,0) (state.change.logger) > java.util.NoSuchElementException: key not found: \tmp\kafka-logs > at scala.collection.MapLike$class.default(MapLike.scala:223) > at scala.collection.immutable.Map$Map1.default(Map.scala:93) > at scala.collection.MapLike$class.apply(MapLike.scala:134) > at scala.collection.immutable.Map$Map1.apply(Map.scala:93) > at kafka.cluster.Partition.getOrCreateReplica(Partition.scala:88) > at kafka.cluster.Partition$$anonfun$1.apply(Partition.scala:154) > at kafka.cluster.Partition$$anonfun$1.apply(Partition.scala:154) > at > > scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala: > 206) > at > > scala.collection.TraversableLike$$anonfun$map$1.apply(TraversableLike.scala: > 206) > at > > scala.collection.LinearSeqOptimized$class.foreach(LinearSeqOptimized.scala:6 > 1) > at scala.collection.immutable.List.foreach(List.scala:45) > at > scala.collection.TraversableLike$class.map(TraversableLike.scala:206) > at scala.collection.immutable.List.map(List.scala:45) > at kafka.cluster.Partition.makeLeader(Partition.scala:154) > at > > kafka.server.ReplicaManager.kafka$server$ReplicaManager$$makeLeader(ReplicaM > anager.scala:257) > at > > kafka.server.ReplicaManager$$anonfun$becomeLeaderOrFollower$3.apply(ReplicaM > anager.scala:221) > at > > kafka.server.ReplicaManager$$anonfun$becomeLeaderOrFollower$3.apply(ReplicaM > anager.scala:213) > at scala.collection.immutable.Map$Map1.foreach(Map.scala:105) > at > > kafka.server.ReplicaManager.becomeLeaderOrFollower(ReplicaManager.scala:213) > at > kafka.server.KafkaApis.handleLeaderAndIsrRequest(KafkaApis.scala:86) > at kafka.server.KafkaApis.handle(KafkaApis.scala:69) > at > kafka.server.KafkaRequestHandler.run(KafkaRequestHandler.scala:42) > at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) > > Regards, > Vjeran > > >
