[jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-9723) Improve error message when hadoop archive output path already exists

["Jean-Baptiste Onofré (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jean-Baptiste Onofré commented on HADOOP-9723:
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Attached patch for the trunk (applicable to hadoop-2 branch as well).
                
> Improve error message when hadoop archive output path already exists
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>
>                 Key: HADOOP-9723
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9723
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 3.0.0, 2.0.4-alpha
>            Reporter: Stephen Chu
>            Priority: Trivial
>         Attachments: HADOOP-9723.patch
>
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> When creating a hadoop archive and specifying an output path of an already existing file, we get an "Invalid Output" error message.
> {code}
> [schu@hdfs-vanilla-1 ~]$ hadoop archive -archiveName foo.har -p /user/schu testDir1 /user/schu
> Invalid Output: /user/schu/foo.har
> {code}
> This error can be improved to tell users immediately that the output path already exists.

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