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Harsh J commented on HADOOP-8791:
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The original doc under question is:
{quote}
Delete files specified as args. Only deletes non empty directory and files.
{quote}
While there's actually supposed to be a separation, i.e. "non empty
directories" AND "files" in reading this, you're right that this is ambiguous.
Wanna send across a patch for both branch-1 and trunk Bertrand? :)
> rm "Only deletes non empty directory and files."
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>
> Key: HADOOP-8791
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8791
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: documentation
> Affects Versions: 1.0.3
> Reporter: Bertrand Dechoux
> Labels: documentation
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> The documentation (1.0.3) is describing the opposite of what rm does.
> It should be "Only delete files and empty directories."
> With regards to file, the size of the file should not matter, should it?
> OR I am totally misunderstanding the semantic of this command and I am not
> the only one.
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