westonpace commented on a change in pull request #10955:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/10955#discussion_r718785424
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File path: cpp/src/arrow/dataset/file_base.h
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@@ -343,6 +343,18 @@ class ARROW_DS_EXPORT FileWriter {
fs::FileLocator destination_locator_;
};
+/// \brief Controls what happens if files exist in an output directory during
a dataset
+/// write
+enum ExistingDataBehavior : int8_t {
+ /// Deletes all files in a directory the first time that directory is
encountered
+ kDeleteMatchingPartitions,
+ /// Ignores existing files, overwriting any that happen to have the same
name as an
+ /// output file
+ kOverwriteOrIgnore,
+ /// Returns an error if there are any files or subdirectories in the output
directory
+ kError,
Review comment:
Yes, you described the problem well. The rollback would be needed. I
created ARROW-14175
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