[HDFS-2247] Provide a "-y" option that skips the confirmation question of the namenode for use in scripts.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Component/s: namenode
• Labels: newbie
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mathias Gug
• Created: 09/Aug/10 22:15
• Updated: 24/Sep/14 01:27
• Resolved: 24/Sep/14 01:27

Description

As suggested in HDFS 718 having an option to skip the confirmation question when formating a NameNode would prove to be very useful when packaging hadoop.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: HDFS-3094 add -nonInteractive and -force option to namenode -format command