[HADOOP-3792] exit code from "hadoop dfs -test ..." is wrong for Unix shell

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.17.1
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Component/s: fs

Environment

any Bourne-derived shell

• Hadoop Flags: Incompatible change, Reviewed
• Release Note: Changed exit code from hadoop.fs.FsShell -test to match the usual Unix convention.
• Assignee: Ben Slusky
• Reporter: Ben Slusky
• Created: 18/Jul/08 19:35
• Updated: 20/Nov/08 23:38
• Resolved: 06/Aug/08 22:31

Description

The exit code for the "test" command in hadoop.fs.FsShell is backwards relative to the Unix shell, which interprets an exit code of 0 as true and anything else as false.