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[jira] Commented: (HADOOP-3163) FS.mkdirs()'s contract is unclear.

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3163?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12585410#action_12585410 ] 

Edward J. Yoon commented on HADOOP-3163:
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+1

> FS.mkdirs()'s contract is unclear.
> ----------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-3163
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-3163
>             Project: Hadoop Core
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: fs
>            Reporter: Raghu Angadi
>
> {{FileSystem.mkdirs()}} returns a boolean but does not specify what a return value of true or false means. For e.g. HDFS returns never returns false (until HADOOP-3138).
> Should it be consistent with java.io.File.mkdirs()?

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