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command to delete a directory in hadoop
Hi,
How do you delete a directory in HAdoop?
Contents are inside it.
--
Regards,
R.V.
Re: command to delete a directory in hadoop
Posted by Pedro Costa <ps...@gmail.com>.
remove file
hadoop dfs -rmr <dirname>
list file
hadoop dfs -ls
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Eric <er...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Note that Hadoop will put your files in a trash bin. You can use the
> -skipTrash option to really delete the data and free up space. See the
> command "hadoop dfs" for more details.
>
> 2011/2/28 Ondřej Nevělík <ne...@gmail.com>
>>
>> hadoop dfs -rmr "directory"
>>
>> 2011/2/28 real great.. <gr...@gmail.com>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> How do you delete a directory in HAdoop?
>>> Contents are inside it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> R.V.
>>
>
>
--
Pedro
Re: command to delete a directory in hadoop
Posted by Eric <er...@gmail.com>.
Note that Hadoop will put your files in a trash bin. You can use the
-skipTrash option to really delete the data and free up space. See the
command "hadoop dfs" for more details.
2011/2/28 Ondřej Nevělík <ne...@gmail.com>
> hadoop dfs -rmr "directory"
>
> 2011/2/28 real great.. <gr...@gmail.com>
>
> Hi,
>> How do you delete a directory in HAdoop?
>> Contents are inside it.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> R.V.
>>
>
>
Re: command to delete a directory in hadoop
Posted by Ondřej Nevělík <ne...@gmail.com>.
hadoop dfs -rmr "directory"
2011/2/28 real great.. <gr...@gmail.com>
> Hi,
> How do you delete a directory in HAdoop?
> Contents are inside it.
>
> --
> Regards,
> R.V.
>