[HADOOP-6531] add FileUtil.fullyDeleteContents(dir) api to delete contents of a directory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.21.0
• Component/s: fs
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Release Note: Added an api FileUtil.fullyDeleteContents(String dir) to delete contents of the directory.
• Assignee: Amareshwari Sriramadasu
• Reporter: Amareshwari Sriramadasu
• Created: 02/Feb/10 05:53
• Updated: 24/Aug/10 20:41
• Resolved: 03/Feb/10 19:05

Description

Add FileUtil.fullyDeleteContents(dir) api to delete contents of a directory, not directory itself. This will be useful if we want to clear the contents of cwd.

Issue Links

• blocks: MAPREDUCE-1435 symlinks in cwd of the task are not handled properly after MAPREDUCE-896