return true; URI localScratchURI = new URI(PathUtils.parseLocalURI(conf.getVar(HiveConf.ConfVars.LOCALSCRATCHDIR))); URI localRequestURI = new URI(PathUtils.parseLocalURI(writeEntity.getLocation().getPath())); LOG.debug("localScratchURI = " + localScratchURI + ", localRequestURI = " + localRequestURI); if (PathUtils.impliesURI(localScratchURI, localRequestURI)) {