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dhruba borthakur commented on HDFS-487:
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Hi Tigran, thanks for doing this. As you rightly pointed out, hdfs will need to
support a persistent fileid for a file. If you are interested in implementing
this, you could follow the steps outlined in
http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToContribute. For a big feature like this, a
good way to start is with a requirements and design document.
> HDFS should expose a fileid to uniquely identify a file
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> Key: HDFS-487
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-487
> Project: Hadoop HDFS
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Reporter: dhruba borthakur
> Assignee: dhruba borthakur
> Attachments: fileid1.txt
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> HDFS should expose a id that uniquely identifies a file. This helps in
> developing applications that work correctly even when files are moved from
> one directory to another. A typical use-case is to make the Pluggable Block
> Placement Policy (HDFS-385) use fileid instead of filename.
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