On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Daryn Sharp <da...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > On Oct 31, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Eli Collins wrote: >>> Regardless, I do think it makes sense to have a convenience method to get >>> the >>> raw path that was supplied at symlink creation. The first thing I tried was >>> Path#toString() so that I guess is pretty intuitive but I can't comment on >>> whether that would break compatibility. >>> >> >> Would a method Path#getPathPart that returns just the path part of the >> URI be sufficient? This would be similar to java's URI#getPath >> (remember in Hadoop Path == URI) which just returns the path part of a >> URI. >> >> (It's unfortunate that the Path class is named "Path" since now we >> don't have a good name for just the path part). > > I replied to another message in this thread regarding tracking the actual > path. If I understand you correctly: In the FsShell, returning just the path > component wouldn't be of much use. It needs the exact path/uri, as provided > by the user, so its custom tracking can be removed. >
How about filing a jira which indicates the tracking code in FsShell you'd like to remove and we can come up with an API that works. Thanks, Eli > Daryn
