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Suresh Srinivas commented on HADOOP-8164:
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+1 for the backported patch. I will commit it shortly to branch-1.
> Handle paths using back slash as path separator for windows only
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> Key: HADOOP-8164
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8164
> Project: Hadoop Common
> Issue Type: Sub-task
> Components: fs
> Affects Versions: 0.23.0, 0.24.0
> Reporter: Suresh Srinivas
> Assignee: Daryn Sharp
> Fix For: 2.0.0-alpha
>
> Attachments: HADOOP-8139-6.patch, HADOOP-8164.backport.b1.001.patch,
> HADOOP-8164.patch
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> Please see the description in HADOOP-8139. Using escape character back slash
> as path separator could cause accidental deletion of data. This jira for now
> supports back slash only for windows. Eventually HADOOP-8139 will remove the
> support for back slash based paths.
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