Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B483BF5EC for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 58490 invoked by uid 500); 26 Mar 2013 00:17:05 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-user-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 58378 invoked by uid 500); 26 Mar 2013 00:17:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 58368 invoked by uid 99); 26 Mar 2013 00:17:05 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:17:05 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.220.176] (HELO mail-vc0-f176.google.com) (209.85.220.176) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:16:59 +0000 Received: by mail-vc0-f176.google.com with SMTP id ib11so5156612vcb.35 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:16:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=fP+OZCY3gJcsNyHGIbXiBL/gUBAypaaSsJTIqfd/RG0=; b=A5Mj0BXNprYkAl6D+RHn31b9vY9nPv5JCxkObwNUE8oykdRd6JD66l9xWoFMUUDeU4 3zyrqvzVmNyObo8L0vARbgzSOhygL7zX6H1cf53ao3J8AC7+bbFfKSBze0H8JyVmuZdc 36pe6OKya9Q+3E82IzturFyC+vAW+KNAPqcHyDC5sygIFfkxEoJhc3htcT1nuZJNATKS NMJ7p/x/BrYsxTk2oBrE1+VpJ2fjSV60ZS3Y/Fd8dce6Y69tRSVds8lW6w4HEWnaa2Zl xa33JVgv2CYB0VBwhoIi+v72SYPteUTTX5RlqBHjwfFKPRw4yclzQrhy68v+U557is7R ycfg== X-Received: by 10.220.223.202 with SMTP id il10mr18569072vcb.4.1364256998327; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:16:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.99.97 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:16:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jean-Marc Spaggiari Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:16:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Auto clean DistCache? To: user Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm83GE7y5N18flE9iF6by0zOOw2y6u/I4kzYzrBx2x4AHFc5/io+FOoBfSBAXRbj6NYltGf X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hi, Each time my MR job is run, a directory is created on the TaskTracker under mapred/local/taskTracker/hadoop/distcache (based on my configuration). I looked at the directory today, and it's hosting thousands of directories and more than 8GB of data there. Is there a way to automatically delete this directory when the job is done? Thanks, JM