[HADOOP-8173] FsShell needs to handle quoted metachars

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.2, 0.24.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.2
• Component/s: fs
• Target Version/s: 0.23.2, 0.24.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Daryn Sharp
• Reporter: Daryn Sharp
• Created: 15/Mar/12 17:34
• Updated: 28/Mar/12 09:19
• Resolved: 15/Mar/12 22:39

Description

Commands that access paths with quoted metachars work correctly, however commands that create paths with quoted metachars leave the \ in the path. Ex.

fs -mkdir "foo\*bar" will create "foo\*bar" instead of "foo*bar".

Issue Links

• relates to: HDFS-3098 Update FsShell tests for quoted metachars