[HDFS-8553] Document hdfs class path options

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.8.0, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Component/s: documentation
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Brahma Reddy Battula
• Reporter: Xiaoyu Yao
• Created: 06/Jun/15 06:32
• Updated: 30/Aug/16 01:32
• Resolved: 08/Jun/15 23:16

Description

--global, --jar options are not documented.

$ hdfs classpath --help
classpath [--glob|--jar <path>|-h|--help] :
  Prints the classpath needed to get the Hadoop jar and the required
  libraries.
  Options:

  --glob       expand wildcards
  --jar <path> write classpath as manifest in jar named <path>
  -h, --help   print help

current document:

User Commands

Commands useful for users of a hadoop cluster.

classpath

Usage: hdfs classpath

Prints the class path needed to get the Hadoop jar and the required libraries