[HADOOP-999] DFS Client should create file when the user creates the file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.15.0
• Assignee: Tsz-wo Sze
• Reporter: Owen O'Malley
• Created: 08/Feb/07 22:20
• Updated: 08/Jul/09 16:42
• Resolved: 31/Jul/07 23:58

Description

Currently, the DFS client code does not create the file on the namenode until the first block is flushed. This leads to difficult to diagnose error conditions when there is a conflicting file creation.