[HBASE-12265] HBase shell 'show_filters' points to internal Facebook URL

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.98.8, 0.99.2
• Component/s: shell
• Labels: documentation help
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Andrew Kyle Purtell
• Reporter: Niels Basjes
• Created: 15/Oct/14 09:25
• Updated: 06/Apr/18 17:55
• Resolved: 16/Oct/14 13:14

Description

In the HBase shell the output of the show_filters command starts with this:

hbase(main):001:0> show_filters
Documentation on filters mentioned below can be found at: https://our.intern.facebook.com/intern/wiki/index.php/HBase/Filter_Language
ColumnPrefixFilter
TimestampsFilter
...

This documentation link cannot be reached by me. It seems to be an internal link to a wiki that can only be reached by Facebook employees.

This link is in this file in two places
hbase-shell/src/main/ruby/shell/commands/show_filters.rb

So far I have not been able to find the 'right' page to point to (I did a quick check of the apache wiki and the hbase book).

So either remove the link or add a section to the hbase book and point there. I think the latter (creating documentation) is the best solution.

Perhaps Facebook is willing to donate the apparently existing pages?