A null pointer exception error might occur in the SAS log when you are using the PROC HADOOP HDFS COPYTOLOCAL command with the KEEPCRC option. The table referenced in the OUT= option and the CRC file are created in the directory specified, but both are empty. You might see the following:

  filename cfg "<...>\path to\merged-site.xml"  ;
  
  proc hadoop cfg=cfg username='xxxx' password='yyyy'  verbose ;
       hdfs copytolocal='/test/data/sample.csv'
                    out='c:\temp\sample.csv' keepcrc ;
  run;

Removing the KEEPCRC option prevents the null pointer exception error.

A fix is planned for a later SAS software release.

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