HADOOP-1540. Support file exclusion list in distcp. Contributed by Rich Haase.

(cherry picked from commit 0790275f05)

hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-11944. add option to test-patch to avoid relocating patch process
     directory (Sean Busbey via aw)
 
+    HADOOP-1540. Support file exclusion list in distcp. (Rich Haase via jing9)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     HADOOP-11785. Reduce the number of listStatus operation in distcp

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/CopyFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.tools;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for excluding files from DistCp.
+ *
+ */
+public abstract class CopyFilter {
+
+  /**
+   * Default initialize method does nothing.
+   */
+  public void initialize() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Predicate to determine if a file can be excluded from copy.
+   *
+   * @param path a Path to be considered for copying
+   * @return boolean, true to copy, false to exclude
+   */
+  public abstract boolean shouldCopy(Path path);
+
+  /**
+   * Public factory method which returns the appropriate implementation of
+   * CopyFilter.
+   *
+   * @param conf DistCp configuratoin
+   * @return An instance of the appropriate CopyFilter
+   */
+  public static CopyFilter getCopyFilter(Configuration conf) {
+    String filtersFilename = conf.get(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_FILTERS_FILE);
+
+    if (filtersFilename == null) {
+      return new TrueCopyFilter();
+    } else {
+      String filterFilename = conf.get(
+          DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_FILTERS_FILE);
+      return new RegexCopyFilter(filterFilename);
+    }
+  }
+}

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/DistCpConstants.java

@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public class DistCpConstants {
   public static final String CONF_LABEL_APPEND = "distcp.copy.append";
   public static final String CONF_LABEL_DIFF = "distcp.copy.diff";
   public static final String CONF_LABEL_BANDWIDTH_MB = "distcp.map.bandwidth.mb";
-  
+  public static final String CONF_LABEL_FILTERS_FILE =
+      "distcp.filters.file";
   public static final String CONF_LABEL_MAX_CHUNKS_TOLERABLE =
       "distcp.dynamic.max.chunks.tolerable";
   public static final String CONF_LABEL_MAX_CHUNKS_IDEAL =

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/DistCpOptionSwitch.java

@@ -177,7 +177,16 @@ public enum DistCpOptionSwitch {
    * Specify bandwidth per map in MB
    */
   BANDWIDTH(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_BANDWIDTH_MB,
-      new Option("bandwidth", true, "Specify bandwidth per map in MB"));
+      new Option("bandwidth", true, "Specify bandwidth per map in MB")),
+
+  /**
+   * Path containing a list of strings, which when found in the path of
+   * a file to be copied excludes that file from the copy job.
+   */
+  FILTERS(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_FILTERS_FILE,
+      new Option("filters", true, "The path to a file containing a list of"
+          + " strings for paths to be excluded from the copy."));
+
 
   public static final String PRESERVE_STATUS_DEFAULT = "-prbugpct";
   private final String confLabel;

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/DistCpOptions.java

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ public class DistCpOptions {
 
   private Path targetPath;
 
+  /**
+   * The path to a file containing a list of paths to filter out of the copy.
+   */
+  private String filtersFile;
+
   // targetPathExist is a derived field, it's initialized in the
   // beginning of distcp.
   private boolean targetPathExists = true;
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ public class DistCpOptions {
       this.sourcePaths = that.getSourcePaths();
       this.targetPath = that.getTargetPath();
       this.targetPathExists = that.getTargetPathExists();
+      this.filtersFile = that.getFiltersFile();
     }
   }
 
@@ -549,6 +555,23 @@ public class DistCpOptions {
     return this.targetPathExists = targetPathExists;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * File path that contains the list of patterns
+   * for paths to be filtered from the file copy.
+   * @return - Filter  file path.
+   */
+  public final String getFiltersFile() {
+    return filtersFile;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set filtersFile.
+   * @param filtersFilename The path to a list of patterns to exclude from copy.
+   */
+  public final void setFiltersFile(String filtersFilename) {
+    this.filtersFile = filtersFilename;
+  }
+
   public void validate(DistCpOptionSwitch option, boolean value) {
 
     boolean syncFolder = (option == DistCpOptionSwitch.SYNC_FOLDERS ?
@@ -623,6 +646,10 @@ public class DistCpOptions {
         String.valueOf(mapBandwidth));
     DistCpOptionSwitch.addToConf(conf, DistCpOptionSwitch.PRESERVE_STATUS,
         DistCpUtils.packAttributes(preserveStatus));
+    if (filtersFile != null) {
+      DistCpOptionSwitch.addToConf(conf, DistCpOptionSwitch.FILTERS,
+          filtersFile);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -645,6 +672,7 @@ public class DistCpOptions {
         ", targetPath=" + targetPath +
         ", targetPathExists=" + targetPathExists +
         ", preserveRawXattrs=" + preserveRawXattrs +
+        ", filtersFile='" + filtersFile + '\'' +
         '}';
   }
 

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/OptionsParser.java

@@ -86,37 +86,7 @@ public class OptionsParser {
         Arrays.toString(args), e);
     }
 
-    DistCpOptions option;
+    DistCpOptions option = parseSourceAndTargetPaths(command);
-    Path targetPath;
-    List<Path> sourcePaths = new ArrayList<Path>();
-
-    String leftOverArgs[] = command.getArgs();
-    if (leftOverArgs == null || leftOverArgs.length < 1) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Target path not specified");
-    }
-
-    //Last Argument is the target path
-    targetPath = new Path(leftOverArgs[leftOverArgs.length -1].trim());
-
-    //Copy any source paths in the arguments to the list
-    for (int index = 0; index < leftOverArgs.length - 1; index++) {
-      sourcePaths.add(new Path(leftOverArgs[index].trim()));
-    }
-
-    /* If command has source file listing, use it else, fall back on source paths in args
-       If both are present, throw exception and bail */
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.SOURCE_FILE_LISTING.getSwitch())) {
-      if (!sourcePaths.isEmpty()) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Both source file listing and source paths present");
-      }
-      option = new DistCpOptions(new Path(getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.
-              SOURCE_FILE_LISTING.getSwitch())), targetPath);
-    } else {
-      if (sourcePaths.isEmpty()) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Neither source file listing nor source paths present");
-      }
-      option = new DistCpOptions(sourcePaths, targetPath);
-    }
 
     //Process all the other option switches and set options appropriately
     if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.IGNORE_FAILURES.getSwitch())) {
@@ -165,54 +135,95 @@ public class OptionsParser {
       option.setBlocking(false);
     }
 
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.BANDWIDTH.getSwitch())) {
+    parseBandwidth(command, option);
-      try {
-        Integer mapBandwidth = Integer.parseInt(
-            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.BANDWIDTH.getSwitch()).trim());
-        if (mapBandwidth.intValue() <= 0) {
-          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bandwidth specified is not positive: " +
-              mapBandwidth);
-        }
-        option.setMapBandwidth(mapBandwidth);
-      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bandwidth specified is invalid: " +
-            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.BANDWIDTH.getSwitch()), e);
-      }
-    }
 
     if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.SSL_CONF.getSwitch())) {
       option.setSslConfigurationFile(command.
           getOptionValue(DistCpOptionSwitch.SSL_CONF.getSwitch()));
     }
 
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.getSwitch())) {
+    parseNumListStatusThreads(command, option);
-      try {
-        Integer numThreads = Integer.parseInt(getVal(command,
-              DistCpOptionSwitch.NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.getSwitch()).trim());
-        option.setNumListstatusThreads(numThreads);
-      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-            "Number of liststatus threads is invalid: " + getVal(command,
-                DistCpOptionSwitch.NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.getSwitch()), e);
-      }
-    }
 
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.MAX_MAPS.getSwitch())) {
+    parseMaxMaps(command, option);
-      try {
-        Integer maps = Integer.parseInt(
-            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.MAX_MAPS.getSwitch()).trim());
-        option.setMaxMaps(maps);
-      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Number of maps is invalid: " +
-            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.MAX_MAPS.getSwitch()), e);
-      }
-    }
 
     if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.COPY_STRATEGY.getSwitch())) {
       option.setCopyStrategy(
             getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.COPY_STRATEGY.getSwitch()));
     }
 
+    parsePreserveStatus(command, option);
+
+    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.DIFF.getSwitch())) {
+      String[] snapshots = getVals(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.DIFF.getSwitch());
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(snapshots != null && snapshots.length == 2,
+          "Must provide both the starting and ending snapshot names");
+      option.setUseDiff(true, snapshots[0], snapshots[1]);
+    }
+
+    parseFileLimit(command);
+
+    parseSizeLimit(command);
+
+    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.FILTERS.getSwitch())) {
+      option.setFiltersFile(getVal(command,
+          DistCpOptionSwitch.FILTERS.getSwitch()));
+    }
+
+    return option;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * parseSizeLimit is a helper method for parsing the deprecated
+   * argument SIZE_LIMIT.
+   *
+   * @param command command line arguments
+   */
+  private static void parseSizeLimit(CommandLine command) {
+    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.SIZE_LIMIT.getSwitch())) {
+      String sizeLimitString = getVal(command,
+                              DistCpOptionSwitch.SIZE_LIMIT.getSwitch().trim());
+      try {
+        Long.parseLong(sizeLimitString);
+      }
+      catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Size-limit is invalid: "
+                                            + sizeLimitString, e);
+      }
+      LOG.warn(DistCpOptionSwitch.SIZE_LIMIT.getSwitch() + " is a deprecated" +
+              " option. Ignoring.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * parseFileLimit is a helper method for parsing the deprecated
+   * argument FILE_LIMIT.
+   *
+   * @param command command line arguments
+   */
+  private static void parseFileLimit(CommandLine command) {
+    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.FILE_LIMIT.getSwitch())) {
+      String fileLimitString = getVal(command,
+                              DistCpOptionSwitch.FILE_LIMIT.getSwitch().trim());
+      try {
+        Integer.parseInt(fileLimitString);
+      }
+      catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("File-limit is invalid: "
+                                            + fileLimitString, e);
+      }
+      LOG.warn(DistCpOptionSwitch.FILE_LIMIT.getSwitch() + " is a deprecated" +
+          " option. Ignoring.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * parsePreserveStatus is a helper method for parsing PRESERVE_STATUS.
+   *
+   * @param command command line arguments
+   * @param option  parsed distcp options
+   */
+  private static void parsePreserveStatus(CommandLine command,
+                                          DistCpOptions option) {
     if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.PRESERVE_STATUS.getSwitch())) {
       String attributes =
           getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.PRESERVE_STATUS.getSwitch());
@@ -227,42 +238,118 @@ public class OptionsParser {
         }
       }
     }
+  }
 
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.DIFF.getSwitch())) {
+  /**
-      String[] snapshots = getVals(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.DIFF.getSwitch());
+   * parseMaxMaps is a helper method for parsing MAX_MAPS.
-      Preconditions.checkArgument(snapshots != null && snapshots.length == 2,
+   *
-          "Must provide both the starting and ending snapshot names");
+   * @param command command line arguments
-      option.setUseDiff(true, snapshots[0], snapshots[1]);
+   * @param option  parsed distcp options
-    }
+   */
-
+  private static void parseMaxMaps(CommandLine command,
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.FILE_LIMIT.getSwitch())) {
+                                   DistCpOptions option) {
-      String fileLimitString = getVal(command,
+    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.MAX_MAPS.getSwitch())) {
-                              DistCpOptionSwitch.FILE_LIMIT.getSwitch().trim());
       try {
-        Integer.parseInt(fileLimitString);
+        Integer maps = Integer.parseInt(
+            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.MAX_MAPS.getSwitch()).trim());
+        option.setMaxMaps(maps);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Number of maps is invalid: " +
+            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.MAX_MAPS.getSwitch()), e);
       }
-      catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("File-limit is invalid: "
-                                            + fileLimitString, e);
-      }
-      LOG.warn(DistCpOptionSwitch.FILE_LIMIT.getSwitch() + " is a deprecated" +
-              " option. Ignoring.");
     }
+  }
 
-    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.SIZE_LIMIT.getSwitch())) {
+  /**
-      String sizeLimitString = getVal(command,
+   * parseNumListStatusThreads is a helper method for parsing
-                              DistCpOptionSwitch.SIZE_LIMIT.getSwitch().trim());
+   * NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.
+   *
+   * @param command command line arguments
+   * @param option  parsed distcp options
+   */
+  private static void parseNumListStatusThreads(CommandLine command,
+                                                DistCpOptions option) {
+    if (command.hasOption(
+        DistCpOptionSwitch.NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.getSwitch())) {
       try {
-        Long.parseLong(sizeLimitString);
+        Integer numThreads = Integer.parseInt(getVal(command,
+              DistCpOptionSwitch.NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.getSwitch()).trim());
+        option.setNumListstatusThreads(numThreads);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+            "Number of liststatus threads is invalid: " + getVal(command,
+                DistCpOptionSwitch.NUM_LISTSTATUS_THREADS.getSwitch()), e);
       }
-      catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+    }
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Size-limit is invalid: "
+  }
-                                            + sizeLimitString, e);
+
+  /**
+   * parseBandwidth is a helper method for parsing BANDWIDTH.
+   *
+   * @param command command line arguments
+   * @param option  parsed distcp options
+   */
+  private static void parseBandwidth(CommandLine command,
+                                     DistCpOptions option) {
+    if (command.hasOption(DistCpOptionSwitch.BANDWIDTH.getSwitch())) {
+      try {
+        Integer mapBandwidth = Integer.parseInt(
+            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.BANDWIDTH.getSwitch()).trim());
+        if (mapBandwidth <= 0) {
+          throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bandwidth specified is not " +
+              "positive: " + mapBandwidth);
+        }
+        option.setMapBandwidth(mapBandwidth);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bandwidth specified is invalid: " +
+            getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.BANDWIDTH.getSwitch()), e);
       }
-      LOG.warn(DistCpOptionSwitch.SIZE_LIMIT.getSwitch() + " is a deprecated" +
+    }
-              " option. Ignoring.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * parseSourceAndTargetPaths is a helper method for parsing the source
+   * and target paths.
+   *
+   * @param command command line arguments
+   * @return        DistCpOptions
+   */
+  private static DistCpOptions parseSourceAndTargetPaths(
+      CommandLine command) {
+    DistCpOptions option;
+    Path targetPath;
+    List<Path> sourcePaths = new ArrayList<Path>();
+
+    String[] leftOverArgs = command.getArgs();
+    if (leftOverArgs == null || leftOverArgs.length < 1) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Target path not specified");
     }
 
+    //Last Argument is the target path
+    targetPath = new Path(leftOverArgs[leftOverArgs.length - 1].trim());
+
+    //Copy any source paths in the arguments to the list
+    for (int index = 0; index < leftOverArgs.length - 1; index++) {
+      sourcePaths.add(new Path(leftOverArgs[index].trim()));
+    }
+
+    /* If command has source file listing, use it else, fall back on source
+       paths in args.  If both are present, throw exception and bail */
+    if (command.hasOption(
+        DistCpOptionSwitch.SOURCE_FILE_LISTING.getSwitch())) {
+      if (!sourcePaths.isEmpty()) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Both source file listing and " +
+            "source paths present");
+      }
+      option = new DistCpOptions(new Path(getVal(command, DistCpOptionSwitch.
+              SOURCE_FILE_LISTING.getSwitch())), targetPath);
+    } else {
+      if (sourcePaths.isEmpty()) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Neither source file listing nor " +
+            "source paths present");
+      }
+      option = new DistCpOptions(sourcePaths, targetPath);
+    }
     return option;
   }
 

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/RegexCopyFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.tools;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.*;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.IOUtils;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+
+/**
+ * A CopyFilter which compares Java Regex Patterns to each Path to determine
+ * whether a file should be copied.
+ */
+public class RegexCopyFilter extends CopyFilter {
+
+  private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(RegexCopyFilter.class);
+  private File filtersFile;
+  private List<Pattern> filters;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor, sets up a File object to read filter patterns from and
+   * the List to store the patterns.
+   */
+  protected RegexCopyFilter(String filtersFilename) {
+    filtersFile = new File(filtersFilename);
+    filters = new ArrayList<>();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Loads a list of filter patterns for use in shouldCopy.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void initialize() {
+    BufferedReader reader = null;
+    try {
+      InputStream is = new FileInputStream(filtersFile);
+      reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is,
+          Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
+      String line;
+      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(line);
+        filters.add(pattern);
+      }
+    } catch (FileNotFoundException notFound) {
+      LOG.error("Can't find filters file " + filtersFile);
+    } catch (IOException cantRead) {
+      LOG.error("An error occurred while attempting to read from " +
+          filtersFile);
+    } finally {
+      IOUtils.cleanup(LOG, reader);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the list of filters to exclude files from copy.
+   * Simplifies testing of the filters feature.
+   *
+   * @param filtersList a list of Patterns to be excluded
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  protected final void setFilters(List<Pattern> filtersList) {
+    this.filters = filtersList;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldCopy(Path path) {
+    for (Pattern filter : filters) {
+      if (filter.matcher(path.toString()).matches()) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+}

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/SimpleCopyListing.java

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public class SimpleCopyListing extends CopyListing {
   private long totalBytesToCopy = 0;
   private int numListstatusThreads = 1;
   private final int maxRetries = 3;
+  private CopyFilter copyFilter;
 
   /**
    * Protected constructor, to initialize configuration.
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ public class SimpleCopyListing extends CopyListing {
     numListstatusThreads = getConf().getInt(
         DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_LISTSTATUS_THREADS,
         DistCpConstants.DEFAULT_LISTSTATUS_THREADS);
+    copyFilter = CopyFilter.getCopyFilter(getConf());
+    copyFilter.initialize();
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ public class SimpleCopyListing extends CopyListing {
                   preserveXAttrs && sourceStatus.isDirectory(),
                   preserveRawXAttrs && sourceStatus.isDirectory());
             writeToFileListing(fileListWriter, sourceCopyListingStatus,
-                sourcePathRoot, options);
+                sourcePathRoot);
 
             if (sourceStatus.isDirectory()) {
               if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
@@ -264,11 +267,10 @@ public class SimpleCopyListing extends CopyListing {
    * Provide an option to skip copy of a path, Allows for exclusion
    * of files such as {@link org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.FileOutputCommitter#SUCCEEDED_FILE_NAME}
    * @param path - Path being considered for copy while building the file listing
-   * @param options - Input options passed during DistCp invocation
    * @return - True if the path should be considered for copy, false otherwise
    */
-  protected boolean shouldCopy(Path path, DistCpOptions options) {
+  protected boolean shouldCopy(Path path) {
-    return true;
+    return copyFilter.shouldCopy(path);
   }
 
   /** {@inheritDoc} */
@@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ public class SimpleCopyListing extends CopyListing {
                 preserveXAttrs && child.isDirectory(),
                 preserveRawXattrs && child.isDirectory());
             writeToFileListing(fileListWriter, childCopyListingStatus,
-                 sourcePathRoot, options);
+                 sourcePathRoot);
           }
           if (retry < maxRetries) {
             if (child.isDirectory()) {
@@ -443,26 +445,23 @@ public class SimpleCopyListing extends CopyListing {
       }      
       return;
     }
-    writeToFileListing(fileListWriter, fileStatus, sourcePathRoot, options);
+    writeToFileListing(fileListWriter, fileStatus, sourcePathRoot);
   }
 
   private void writeToFileListing(SequenceFile.Writer fileListWriter,
                                   CopyListingFileStatus fileStatus,
-                                  Path sourcePathRoot,
+                                  Path sourcePathRoot) throws IOException {
-                                  DistCpOptions options) throws IOException {
     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
       LOG.debug("REL PATH: " + DistCpUtils.getRelativePath(sourcePathRoot,
         fileStatus.getPath()) + ", FULL PATH: " + fileStatus.getPath());
     }
 
-    FileStatus status = fileStatus;
+    if (!shouldCopy(fileStatus.getPath())) {
-
-    if (!shouldCopy(fileStatus.getPath(), options)) {
       return;
     }
 
     fileListWriter.append(new Text(DistCpUtils.getRelativePath(sourcePathRoot,
-        fileStatus.getPath())), status);
+        fileStatus.getPath())), fileStatus);
     fileListWriter.sync();
 
     if (!fileStatus.isDirectory()) {

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TrueCopyFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.tools;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+
+/**
+ * A CopyFilter which always returns true.
+ *
+ */
+public class TrueCopyFilter extends CopyFilter {
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean shouldCopy(Path path) {
+    return true;
+  }
+}

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * DistCp is a tool for replicating data using MapReduce jobs for concurrent
+ * copy operations.
+ *
+ * @version 2
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.tools;

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestCopyListing.java

@@ -94,40 +94,6 @@ public class TestCopyListing extends SimpleCopyListing {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  @Test(timeout=10000)
-  public void testSkipCopy() throws Exception {
-    SimpleCopyListing listing = new SimpleCopyListing(getConf(), CREDENTIALS) {
-      @Override
-      protected boolean shouldCopy(Path path, DistCpOptions options) {
-        return !path.getName().equals(FileOutputCommitter.SUCCEEDED_FILE_NAME);
-      }
-    };
-    FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(getConf());
-    List<Path> srcPaths = new ArrayList<Path>();
-    srcPaths.add(new Path("/tmp/in4/1"));
-    srcPaths.add(new Path("/tmp/in4/2"));
-    Path target = new Path("/tmp/out4/1");
-    TestDistCpUtils.createFile(fs, "/tmp/in4/1/_SUCCESS");
-    TestDistCpUtils.createFile(fs, "/tmp/in4/1/file");
-    TestDistCpUtils.createFile(fs, "/tmp/in4/2");
-    fs.mkdirs(target);
-    DistCpOptions options = new DistCpOptions(srcPaths, target);
-    Path listingFile = new Path("/tmp/list4");
-    listing.buildListing(listingFile, options);
-    Assert.assertEquals(listing.getNumberOfPaths(), 3);
-    SequenceFile.Reader reader = new SequenceFile.Reader(getConf(),
-        SequenceFile.Reader.file(listingFile));
-    CopyListingFileStatus fileStatus = new CopyListingFileStatus();
-    Text relativePath = new Text();
-    Assert.assertTrue(reader.next(relativePath, fileStatus));
-    Assert.assertEquals(relativePath.toString(), "/1");
-    Assert.assertTrue(reader.next(relativePath, fileStatus));
-    Assert.assertEquals(relativePath.toString(), "/1/file");
-    Assert.assertTrue(reader.next(relativePath, fileStatus));
-    Assert.assertEquals(relativePath.toString(), "/2");
-    Assert.assertFalse(reader.next(relativePath, fileStatus));
-  }
-
   @Test(timeout=10000)
   public void testMultipleSrcToFile() {
     FileSystem fs = null;

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestIntegration.java

@@ -241,55 +241,6 @@ public class TestIntegration {
     }
   }
 
-  @Test(timeout=100000)
-  public void testCustomCopyListing() {
-
-    try {
-      addEntries(listFile, "multifile1/file3", "multifile1/file4", "multifile1/file5");
-      createFiles("multifile1/file3", "multifile1/file4", "multifile1/file5");
-      mkdirs(target.toString());
-
-      Configuration conf = getConf();
-      try {
-        conf.setClass(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_COPY_LISTING_CLASS,
-            CustomCopyListing.class, CopyListing.class);
-        DistCpOptions options = new DistCpOptions(Arrays.
-            asList(new Path(root + "/" + "multifile1")), target);
-        options.setSyncFolder(true);
-        options.setDeleteMissing(false);
-        options.setOverwrite(false);
-        try {
-          new DistCp(conf, options).execute();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-          LOG.error("Exception encountered ", e);
-          throw new IOException(e);
-        }
-      } finally {
-        conf.unset(DistCpConstants.CONF_LABEL_COPY_LISTING_CLASS);
-      }
-
-      checkResult(target, 2, "file4", "file5");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      LOG.error("Exception encountered while testing distcp", e);
-      Assert.fail("distcp failure");
-    } finally {
-      TestDistCpUtils.delete(fs, root);
-    }
-  }
-
-  private static class CustomCopyListing extends SimpleCopyListing {
-
-    public CustomCopyListing(Configuration configuration,
-                             Credentials credentials) {
-      super(configuration, credentials);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected boolean shouldCopy(Path path, DistCpOptions options) {
-      return !path.getName().equals("file3");
-    }
-  }
-
   @Test(timeout=100000)
   public void testMultiFileTargetMissing() {
     caseMultiFileTargetMissing(false);

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestOptionsParser.java

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public class TestOptionsParser {
     String val = "DistCpOptions{atomicCommit=false, syncFolder=false, deleteMissing=false, " +
         "ignoreFailures=false, maxMaps=20, sslConfigurationFile='null', copyStrategy='uniformsize', " +
         "sourceFileListing=abc, sourcePaths=null, targetPath=xyz, targetPathExists=true, " +
-        "preserveRawXattrs=false}";
+        "preserveRawXattrs=false, filtersFile='null'}";
     Assert.assertEquals(val, option.toString());
     Assert.assertNotSame(DistCpOptionSwitch.ATOMIC_COMMIT.toString(),
         DistCpOptionSwitch.ATOMIC_COMMIT.name());
@@ -718,4 +718,19 @@ public class TestOptionsParser {
           "Diff is valid only with update and delete options", e);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testExclusionsOption() {
+    DistCpOptions options = OptionsParser.parse(new String[] {
+        "hdfs://localhost:8020/source/first",
+        "hdfs://localhost:8020/target/"});
+    Assert.assertNull(options.getFiltersFile());
+
+    options = OptionsParser.parse(new String[] {
+        "-filters",
+        "/tmp/filters.txt",
+        "hdfs://localhost:8020/source/first",
+        "hdfs://localhost:8020/target/"});
+    Assert.assertEquals(options.getFiltersFile(), "/tmp/filters.txt");
+  }
 }

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestRegexCopyFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.tools;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class TestRegexCopyFilter {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldCopyTrue() {
+    List<Pattern> filters = new ArrayList<>();
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile("user"));
+
+    RegexCopyFilter regexCopyFilter = new RegexCopyFilter("fakeFile");
+    regexCopyFilter.setFilters(filters);
+
+    Path shouldCopyPath = new Path("/user/bar");
+    Assert.assertTrue(regexCopyFilter.shouldCopy(shouldCopyPath));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldCopyFalse() {
+    List<Pattern> filters = new ArrayList<>();
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile(".*test.*"));
+
+    RegexCopyFilter regexCopyFilter = new RegexCopyFilter("fakeFile");
+    regexCopyFilter.setFilters(filters);
+
+    Path shouldNotCopyPath = new Path("/user/testing");
+    Assert.assertFalse(regexCopyFilter.shouldCopy(shouldNotCopyPath));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldCopyWithMultipleFilters() {
+    List<Pattern> filters = new ArrayList<>();
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile(".*test.*"));
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile("/user/b.*"));
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile(".*_SUCCESS"));
+
+    List<Path> toCopy = getTestPaths();
+
+    int shouldCopyCount = 0;
+
+    RegexCopyFilter regexCopyFilter = new RegexCopyFilter("fakeFile");
+    regexCopyFilter.setFilters(filters);
+
+    for (Path path: toCopy) {
+      if (regexCopyFilter.shouldCopy(path)) {
+        shouldCopyCount++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(2, shouldCopyCount);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldExcludeAll() {
+    List<Pattern> filters = new ArrayList<>();
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile(".*test.*"));
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile("/user/b.*"));
+    filters.add(Pattern.compile(".*"));           // exclude everything
+
+    List<Path> toCopy = getTestPaths();
+
+    int shouldCopyCount = 0;
+
+    RegexCopyFilter regexCopyFilter = new RegexCopyFilter("fakeFile");
+    regexCopyFilter.setFilters(filters);
+
+    for (Path path: toCopy) {
+      if (regexCopyFilter.shouldCopy(path)) {
+        shouldCopyCount++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(0, shouldCopyCount);
+  }
+
+  private List<Path> getTestPaths() {
+    List<Path> toCopy = new ArrayList<>();
+    toCopy.add(new Path("/user/bar"));
+    toCopy.add(new Path("/user/foo/_SUCCESS"));
+    toCopy.add(new Path("/hive/test_data"));
+    toCopy.add(new Path("test"));
+    toCopy.add(new Path("/user/foo/bar"));
+    toCopy.add(new Path("/mapred/.staging_job"));
+    return toCopy;
+  }
+
+}

hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/tools/TestTrueCopyFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.tools;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestTrueCopyFilter {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldCopy() {
+    Assert.assertTrue(new TrueCopyFilter().shouldCopy(new Path("fake")));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testShouldCopyWithNull() {
+    Assert.assertTrue(new TrueCopyFilter().shouldCopy(new Path("fake")));
+  }
+}