[HDFS-3372] offlineEditsViewer should be able to read a binary edits file with recovery mode

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.2-alpha
• Component/s: tools
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Colin McCabe
• Reporter: Colin McCabe
• Created: 04/May/12 18:36
• Updated: 11/Oct/12 17:46
• Resolved: 13/Jun/12 03:38

Description

It would be nice if oev (the offline edits viewer) had a switch that allowed us to read a binary edits file using recovery mode. oev can be very useful when working with corrupt or messed up edit log files, and this would make it even more so.