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  1. Hadoop Common
  2. HADOOP-431

default behaviour of dfsShell -rm should resemble 'rm -i', not 'rm -rf'

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 0.6.2
    • 0.7.0
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      when using hadoop dfs -rm <path> the behaviour is like that of rm -rf.
      That's very dangerous.
      A better behaviour would require a confirmation and allow removal of files only by default. Optional flags would allow recursive and forced deleted.

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        1. rmr.patch.txt
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          Sameer Paranjpye

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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. HADOOP-105 DFS commands either do not support some popular unix commands or have inconsistent behaviors

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              sameerp Sameer Paranjpye
              yarnon Yoram Arnon
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