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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:50:36 +0530
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Subject: Re: directory delete in hadoop
From: Nitin Pawar <nitinpawar432@gmail.com>
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yes this will delete the entire directory and its contents (assuming
that user running the code has the permission to delete the directory)


On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:44 PM, nisha sharma <nishakulkarni89@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I m usin the below method to delete a directory named testingfolder, will
> this method delete all my jpeg files inside this directory will these files
> also get deleted from hdfs along with the directory
>
> fileSystem.delete(
> new Path("/user/testingfolder"),true);


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Nitin Pawar