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Subject: Re: HDFS Symbolic Links support - What's the status ?
From: Manoj Samel <manojsameltech@gmail.com>
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Any info on this will be appreciated.

Thanks,


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Manoj Samel <manojsameltech@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There are some JIRAs for supporting symbolic links in HDFS (e.g. HDFS-245,
> HADOOP-6421) but that feature does not seem to be available, at least from
> HDFS commands? E.g. the "hadoop df -ln" option described in design doc is
> not available
>
> Can anyone please comment what is the current status ?
>
> Does filecontext.createSymlink can still create a HDFS symlink even if
> there is no command line option ?
>
> Thanks,
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Any info on this will be appreciated.<div><br></div><div>T=
hanks,</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote">On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Manoj Samel <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:manojsameltech@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">manojsameltech@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Ther=
e are some JIRAs for supporting symbolic links in HDFS (e.g. HDFS-245, HADO=
OP-6421) but that feature does not seem to be available, at least from HDFS=
 commands? E.g. the &quot;hadoop df -ln&quot; option described in design do=
c is not available</div>

<div><br></div><div>Can anyone please comment what is the current status ?<=
/div><div><br></div><div>Does filecontext.createSymlink can still create a =
HDFS symlink even if there is no command line option ?</div><div><br></div>

<div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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