[HADOOP-8635] Cannot cancel paths registered deleteOnExit

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.23.0, 2.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 0.23.3, 2.0.2-alpha
• Component/s: fs
• Target Version/s: 0.23.3, 2.0.2-alpha
• Assignee: Daryn Sharp
• Reporter: Daryn Sharp
• Created: 30/Jul/12 15:44
• Updated: 12/May/16 18:26
• Resolved: 30/Jul/12 21:02

Description

FileSystem#deleteOnExit does not have a symmetric method to unregister files. Since it's used to register temporary files during a copy operation, this can lead to a lot of unnecessary rpc operations for files successfully copied when the FileSystem is closed.

Issue Links

• is required by: HADOOP-8633 Interrupted FsShell copies may leave tmp files
• relates to: HADOOP-8633 Interrupted FsShell copies may leave tmp files