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Subject:    Re: Can I remove a folder on HDFS when decommissioning a data node?
From:       Harsh J <harsh () cloudera ! com>
Date:       2012-06-26 17:28:44
Message-ID: CAOcnVr2L0B7wuKnmg2M-JLdBeXHhiKAMMWVqBt1=O95W0MHxWQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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Filed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-3567

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Michael Segel
<michael_segel@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well, there you go... care to open a Jira for it?
> It would be very helpful... The OP's question presents a very good use case.
>
> Thx
>
> -Mike
>
> On Jun 26, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Harsh J wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Michael Segel
>> <michael_segel@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Yes you can remove a file while there is a node or node(s) being decommissioned.
>>>
>>> I wonder if there's a way to manually clear out the .trash which may also give you more space.
>>
>> There's no way to do that across all users presently (for each user,
>> -expunge works though), other than running a manual rm (-skipTrash)
>> command for the .Trash files under each /user/* directory. I suppose
>> we can add in an admin command to clear out all trash manually
>> (forcing, other than relying on the periodic auto-emptier thread).
>>
>> --
>> Harsh J
>>
>



-- 
Harsh J
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