[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-245?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Eli Collins updated HDFS-245: ----------------------------- Status: Open (was: Patch Available) > Create symbolic links in HDFS > ----------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-245 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-245 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: dhruba borthakur > Assignee: Eli Collins > Attachments: 4044_20081030spi.java, design-doc-v4.txt, designdocv1.txt, designdocv2.txt, designdocv3.txt, HADOOP-4044-strawman.patch, symlink-0.20.0.patch, symlink-25-hdfs.patch, symlink-26-hdfs.patch, symlink-26-hdfs.patch, symLink1.patch, symLink1.patch, symLink11.patch, symLink12.patch, symLink13.patch, symLink14.patch, symLink15.txt, symLink15.txt, symlink16-common.patch, symlink16-hdfs.patch, symlink16-mr.patch, symlink17-common.txt, symlink17-hdfs.txt, symlink18-common.txt, symlink19-common-delta.patch, symlink19-common.txt, symlink19-common.txt, symlink19-hdfs-delta.patch, symlink19-hdfs.txt, symlink20-common.patch, symlink20-hdfs.patch, symlink21-common.patch, symlink21-hdfs.patch, symlink22-common.patch, symlink22-hdfs.patch, symlink23-common.patch, symlink23-hdfs.patch, symlink24-hdfs.patch, symlink27-hdfs.patch, symlink28-hdfs.patch, symlink29-hdfs.patch, symlink29-hdfs.patch, symlink30-hdfs.patch, symlink31-hdfs.patch, symlink33-hdfs.patch, symlink35-hdfs.patch, symlink36-hdfs.patch, symlink37-hdfs.patch, symlink38-hdfs.patch, symlink39-hdfs.patch, symLink4.patch, symlink40-hdfs.patch, symlink41-hdfs.patch, symLink5.patch, symLink6.patch, symLink8.patch, symLink9.patch > > > HDFS should support symbolic links. A symbolic link is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution. Programs which read or write to files named by a symbolic link will behave as if operating directly on the target file. However, archiving utilities can handle symbolic links specially and manipulate them directly. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.