Improve the usability of namenode -format 
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                 Key: HDFS-1905
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1905
             Project: Hadoop HDFS
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: name-node
    Affects Versions: 0.23.0
            Reporter: Bharath Mundlapudi
            Assignee: Bharath Mundlapudi
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 0.23.0


While setting up 0.23 version based cluster, i ran into this issue. When i 
issue a format namenode command, which got changed in 23, it should let the 
user know to 

./hdfs namenode -format

I get the following error msg, still its not clear what and how user should use 
this command.

11/05/09 15:36:25 ERROR namenode.NameNode: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 
Format must be provided with clusterid
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.format(NameNode.java:1483)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.createNameNode(NameNode.java:1623)
        at 
org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.main(NameNode.java:1689)
 
The usability of this command can be improved.


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