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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-8791) rm "Only deletes non empty
 directory and files."
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Hudson commented on HADOOP-8791:
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Integrated in Hadoop-Hdfs-0.23-Build #392 (See [https://builds.apache.org/job/Hadoop-Hdfs-0.23-Build/392/])
    svn merge -c 1390109 FIXES: HADOOP-8791. Fix rm command documentation to indicte it deletes files and not directories. Contributed by Jing Zhao. (Revision 1392437)

     Result = UNSTABLE
bobby : http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/?root=Apache-SVN&view=rev&rev=1392437
Files : 
* /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
* /hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/file_system_shell.xml

                
> rm "Only deletes non empty directory and files."
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-8791
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8791
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: documentation
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.3, 3.0.0
>            Reporter: Bertrand Dechoux
>            Assignee: Jing Zhao
>              Labels: documentation
>             Fix For: 1.2.0, 3.0.0, 2.0.3-alpha, 0.23.5
>
>         Attachments: HADOOP-8791-branch-1.001.patch, HADOOP-8791-branch-1.patch, HADOOP-8791-branch-1.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.001.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.patch
>
>
> The documentation (1.0.3) is describing the opposite of what rm does.
> It should be  "Only delete files and empty directories."
> With regards to file, the size of the file should not matter, should it?
> OR I am totally misunderstanding the semantic of this command and I am not the only one.

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