[HDFS-2831] Description of dfs.namenode.name.dir should be changed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.21.0, 0.23.0
• Component/s: namenode

Environment

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• Target Version/s: 0.23.0
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: J.Andreina
• Created: 24/Jan/12 06:26
• Updated: 16/Mar/15 19:50
• Resolved: 10/Apr/14 16:36

Description

<property>
  <name>dfs.namenode.name.dir</name>
  <value>file://${hadoop.tmp.dir}/dfs/name</value>
  <description>Determines where on the local filesystem the DFS name node
      should store the name table(fsimage).  If this is a comma-delimited list
      of directories then the name table is replicated in all of the
      directories, for redundancy. </description>
</property>

In the above property the description part is given as "Determines where on the local filesystem the DFS name node should store the name table(fsimage). " but it stores both name table(If nametable means only fsimage) and edits file.