MAPREDUCE-6471. Document distcp incremental copy. Contributed by Neelesh Srinivas Salian.
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/commit/66dad854 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/tree/66dad854 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/diff/66dad854 Branch: refs/heads/HDFS-7240 Commit: 66dad854c0aea8c137017fcf198b165cc1bd8bdd Parents: 1c030c6 Author: Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> Authored: Mon Sep 28 13:12:43 2015 +0530 Committer: Harsh J <ha...@cloudera.com> Committed: Mon Sep 28 13:12:43 2015 +0530 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt | 3 +++ hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/blob/66dad854/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt index b7e9016..67adcbd 100644 --- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt +++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt @@ -295,6 +295,9 @@ Release 2.8.0 - UNRELEASED IMPROVEMENTS + MAPREDUCE-6471. Document distcp incremental copy + (Neelesh Srinivas Salian via harsh) + MAPREDUCE-5045. UtilTest#isCygwin method appears to be unused (Neelesh Srinivas Salian via harsh) http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/blob/66dad854/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm index 7424267..aacf4c7 100644 --- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm +++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-distcp/src/site/markdown/DistCp.md.vm @@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ $H3 Update and Overwrite because it doesn't exist at the target. `10` and `20` are overwritten since the contents don't match the source. - If `-update` is used, `1` is overwritten as well. + If `-update` is used, `1` is skipped because the file-length and contents match. `2` is copied because it doesnât exist at the target. `10` and `20` are overwritten since the contents donât match the source. However, if `-append` is additionally used, then only `10` is overwritten (source length less than destination) and `20` is appended with the change in file (if the files match up to the destination's original length). + + If `-overwrite` is used, `1` is overwritten as well. $H3 raw Namespace Extended Attribute Preservation @@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ Flag | Description | Notes `-m <num_maps>` | Maximum number of simultaneous copies | Specify the number of maps to copy data. Note that more maps may not necessarily improve throughput. `-overwrite` | Overwrite destination | If a map fails and `-i` is not specified, all the files in the split, not only those that failed, will be recopied. As discussed in the Usage documentation, it also changes the semantics for generating destination paths, so users should use this carefully. `-update` | Overwrite if source and destination differ in size, blocksize, or checksum | As noted in the preceding, this is not a "sync" operation. The criteria examined are the source and destination file sizes, blocksizes, and checksums; if they differ, the source file replaces the destination file. As discussed in the Usage documentation, it also changes the semantics for generating destination paths, so users should use this carefully. +`-append` | Incremental copy of file with same name but different length | If the source file is greater in length than the destination file, the checksum of the common length part is compared. If the checksum matches, only the difference is copied using read and append functionalities. The -append option only works with `-update` without `-skipcrccheck` `-f <urilist_uri>` | Use list at \<urilist_uri\> as src list | This is equivalent to listing each source on the command line. The `urilist_uri` list should be a fully qualified URI. `-filelimit <n>` | Limit the total number of files to be <= n | **Deprecated!** Ignored in the new DistCp. `-sizelimit <n>` | Limit the total size to be <= n bytes | **Deprecated!** Ignored in the new DistCp.
