[HADOOP-7966] Add back in the older -getmerge addnl param and add a test case for the new -nl param.

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: 0.24.0
• Component/s: fs
• Target Version/s: 0.24.0
• Assignee: Harsh J
• Reporter: Harsh J
• Created: 09/Jan/12 03:14
• Updated: 10/Jan/12 05:03
• Resolved: 10/Jan/12 05:03

Description

This is to fix Eli's comments on the parent task:

This breaks a public API, why not preserve it but add in the improved one and update the docs to refer to it? Also, the test for this (HDFS-2070) should be done before the change.