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Shruti Joshi commented on SQOOP-883:
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Sorry... By mistake, the status of this JIRA is changed from 'Open' to 'Patch
available'...
> Remove input directory prior Sqoop import
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> Key: SQOOP-883
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP-883
> Project: Sqoop
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.4.2
> Reporter: Jarek Jarcec Cecho
> Priority: Minor
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> Sqoop will fail if target directory already exists on HDFS. This can for
> example happen after previously failed Sqoop import or in cases when users
> are re-importing the tables on regular basis.
> Right now user is forced to remove the input directory manually prior
> re-executing Sqoop. I think that it might be useful to add a new argument
> that would nuke the target directory if it exists automatically.
> I believe that this feature will be safe to use as it will be turned off by
> default. User will have to explicitly specify extra command line argument in
> order to remove any data.
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