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Csaba Skrabak commented on HBASE-20286: --------------------------------------- This whole issue appeared due to HBASE-15965. Right now its revert is under discussion. I believe users don't really rely on this hidden command, the idea of a compaction_state command came from a testing task. > Improving shell command compaction_state > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-20286 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-20286 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: shell > Reporter: Csaba Skrabak > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HBASE-20286.patch > > > Command does not output anything, let's add a formatter.row call. > We should include the possible outputs in the help text. > *Further improvement possibility.* This command can be used for checking if > the compaction is done but very impractical if one wants to wait _until_ it > is done. Wish there would be a flag in the shell that enforces synchronous > compactions, that is, every time you issue a compact or major_compact in the > shell while this flag is set, you won't get back the prompt until it finishes. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)