Hello Kay Kay , Yes, lines beginning with # are ignored in slaves file. -Ravi
On 11/16/09 12:46 PM, "Kay Kay" <[email protected]> wrote: The file $HADOOP_HOME/conf/slaves has the list of machines that could act as slaves. When we open the file it is not immediately obvious if it would be a comma separated list of machines to act as slaves or in separate lines ( the docs http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.19.2/cluster_setup.html#Slaves , refer to the machines as in separate lines ). Would it be possible to have a line beginning with #- explaining it briefly the format expected . Are the lines that begin with # in slaves file ignored ? Ravi --
