[jira] [Created] (HADOOP-12550) NativeIO#renameTo on Windows cannot replace an existing file at the destination.

["Chris Nauroth (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Chris Nauroth created HADOOP-12550:
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             Summary: NativeIO#renameTo on Windows cannot replace an existing file at the destination.
                 Key: HADOOP-12550
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-12550
             Project: Hadoop Common
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: native
         Environment: Windows
            Reporter: Chris Nauroth
            Assignee: Chris Nauroth


{{NativeIO#renameTo}} currently has different semantics on Linux vs. Windows if a file already exists at the destination.  On Linux, it's a passthrough to the [rename|http://linux.die.net/man/2/rename] syscall, which will replace an existing file at the destination.  On Windows, it's a passthrough to [MoveFile|https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365239%28v=vs.85%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396], which cannot replace an existing file at the destination and instead triggers an error.  The easiest way to observe this difference is to run the HDFS test {{TestRollingUpgrade#testRollback}}.  This fails on Windows due to a block recovery after truncate trying to replace a block at an existing destination path.  This issue proposes to use [MoveFileEx|https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365240(v=vs.85).aspx] on Windows with the {{MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING}} flag.



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