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[jira] [Updated] (HADOOP-8791) rm "Only deletes non empty directory and files."

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8791?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Allen Wittenauer updated HADOOP-8791:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 3.0.0)

> rm "Only deletes non empty directory and files."
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-8791
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8791
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: documentation
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.3, 3.0.0
>            Reporter: Bertrand Dechoux
>            Assignee: Jing Zhao
>              Labels: documentation
>             Fix For: 1.2.0, 2.0.3-alpha, 0.23.5
>
>         Attachments: HADOOP-8791-branch-1.001.patch, HADOOP-8791-branch-1.patch, HADOOP-8791-branch-1.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.001.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.patch, HADOOP-8791-trunk.patch
>
>
> The documentation (1.0.3) is describing the opposite of what rm does.
> It should be  "Only delete files and empty directories."
> With regards to file, the size of the file should not matter, should it?
> OR I am totally misunderstanding the semantic of this command and I am not the only one.



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