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  1. Hadoop HDFS
  2. HDFS-5303

A symlink within a snapshot pointing to a target outside the snapshot root can cause the snapshot contents to appear to change.

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    • Status: Open
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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      A snapshot is supposed to represent the point-in-time state of a directory. However, if the directory contains a symlink that targets a file outside the snapshot root, then the snapshot contents will appear to change if someone changes the target file (i.e. delete or append).

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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. HADOOP-10019 make symlinks production-ready

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              cnauroth Chris Nauroth
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