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Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: "dhruba borthakur (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] Commented: (HADOOP-2078) Name-node should be able to close
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dhruba borthakur commented on HADOOP-2078:
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There is a test called TestDFSShell.testZeroSizeFile() that cheks for zero-size files I wonder why it cound not detect this error earlier. Can it be enhanced to catch this problem in future?

I think it is theoretically possible that a FileUnderConstruction exists, in which case pendingFile will be non-null. But the list of blocks associated with it is null, in which case fileBlocks will be null.


> Name-node should be able to close empty files.
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-2078
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-2078
>             Project: Hadoop
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 0.15.0
>            Reporter: Konstantin Shvachko
>            Assignee: Konstantin Shvachko
>             Fix For: 0.16.0
>
>         Attachments: emptyClose.patch
>
>
> When I try to close an empty file, the name-node throws an exception "Could not complete write to file" 
> and issues a warning "NameSystem.completeFile: failed to complete".
> I don't see any reason why empty files should not be allowed.

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