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Hudson commented on HADOOP-8791: -------------------------------- Integrated in Hadoop-Mapreduce-trunk #1208 (See [https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Mapreduce-trunk/1208/]) HADOOP-8791. Fix rm command documentation to indicte it deletes files and not directories. Contributed by Jing Zhao. (Revision 1390109) Result = SUCCESS suresh : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1390109 Files : * /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt * /hadoop/common/trunk/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/file_system_shell.xml > rm "Only deletes non empty directory and files." > ------------------------------------------------ > > 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, 3.0.0 > Reporter: Bertrand Dechoux > Assignee: Jing Zhao > Labels: documentation > Fix For: 1.2.0, 3.0.0, 2.0.3-alpha > > Attachments: HADOOP-8791-branch-1.001.patch, > HADOOP-8791-branch-1.patch, HADOOP-8791-branch-1.patch, > HADOOP-8791-trunk.001.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.patch > > > 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. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira