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[jira] Updated: (HADOOP-301) the randomwriter example will clobber the output file

     [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-301?page=all ]

Owen O'Malley updated HADOOP-301:
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    Attachment: noclobber-rand-write.patch

This checks for the existance of the output directory and aborts with a user message.

> the randomwriter example will clobber the output file
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>          Key: HADOOP-301
>          URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-301
>      Project: Hadoop
>         Type: Improvement

>   Components: mapred
>     Versions: 0.3.2
>     Reporter: Owen O'Malley
>     Assignee: Owen O'Malley
>      Fix For: 0.4.0
>  Attachments: noclobber-rand-write.patch
>
> The randomwriter will automatically clobber the output directory, which is dangerous given the lack of permissions in  dfs.

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