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[jira] [Commented] (HADOOP-8171) add -force option to namenode -format command

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Arpit Gupta commented on HADOOP-8171:
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I will post patches for 1.0 and 0.24 shortly.
                
> add -force option to namenode -format command
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: HADOOP-8171
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-8171
>             Project: Hadoop Common
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 0.24.0, 1.0.2
>            Reporter: Arpit Gupta
>            Assignee: Arpit Gupta
>
> Currently the bin/hadoop namenode -format prompts the user for a Y/N to setup the directories in the local file system.
> We should add a -force option which when present the user is not prompted.

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