public static final String getWinUtilsPath() {
    String winUtilsPath = null;

    try {
      if (WINDOWS) {
        winUtilsPath = getQualifiedBinPath("winutils.exe");
      }
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
       LOG.error("Failed to locate the winutils binary in the hadoop binary path",
         ioe);
    }

    return winUtilsPath;
  }