Repository: hadoop Updated Branches: refs/heads/branch-2 38333c8f2 -> 04789db74
HADOOP-11579. Documentation for truncate. Contributed by Konstantin Shvachko. Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/commit/ada7791e Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/tree/ada7791e Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/diff/ada7791e Branch: refs/heads/branch-2 Commit: ada7791ef4d41f68e23ce96cca0382ffcf0657b5 Parents: 38333c8 Author: Konstantin V Shvachko <s...@apache.org> Authored: Wed Feb 11 10:03:54 2015 -0800 Committer: Konstantin V Shvachko <s...@apache.org> Committed: Wed Feb 11 10:03:54 2015 -0800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt | 2 ++ .../src/site/apt/FileSystemShell.apt.vm | 20 +++++++++++ .../src/site/markdown/filesystem/filesystem.md | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/blob/ada7791e/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt index 3a19676..2d8c7c2 100644 --- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt +++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt @@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ Release 2.7.0 - UNRELEASED HADOOP-11520. Clean incomplete multi-part uploads in S3A tests. (Thomas Demoor via stevel) + HADOOP-11579. Documentation for truncate. (shv) + OPTIMIZATIONS HADOOP-11323. WritableComparator#compare keeps reference to byte array. http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/blob/ada7791e/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/FileSystemShell.apt.vm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/FileSystemShell.apt.vm b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/FileSystemShell.apt.vm index c8b4b54..0f8cf58 100644 --- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/FileSystemShell.apt.vm +++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/apt/FileSystemShell.apt.vm @@ -669,3 +669,23 @@ touchz Exit Code: Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. + +* truncate + + Usage: <<<hadoop fs -truncate [-w] <length> <paths> >>> + + Truncate all files that match the specified file pattern to the + specified length. + + Options: + + * The -w flag requests that the command waits for block recovery + to complete, if necessary. Without -w flag the file may remain + unclosed for some time while the recovery is in progress. + During this time file cannot be reopened for append. + + Example: + + * <<<hadoop fs -truncate 55 /user/hadoop/file1 /user/hadoop/file2>>> + + * <<<hadoop fs -truncate -w 127 hdfs://nn1.example.com/user/hadoop/file1>>> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/blob/ada7791e/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/filesystem/filesystem.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/filesystem/filesystem.md b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/filesystem/filesystem.md index e59fa1b..84e3755 100644 --- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/filesystem/filesystem.md +++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/site/markdown/filesystem/filesystem.md @@ -831,3 +831,38 @@ HDFS's restrictions may be an implementation detail of how it implements a sequence. As no other filesystem in the Hadoop core codebase implements this method, there is no way to distinguish implementation detail. from specification. + + +### `boolean truncate(Path p, long newLength)` + +Truncate file `p` to the specified `newLength`. + +Implementations MAY throw `UnsupportedOperationException`. + +#### Preconditions + + if not exists(FS, p) : raise FileNotFoundException + + if isDir(FS, p) : raise [FileNotFoundException, IOException] + + if newLength < 0 || newLength > len(FS.Files[p]) : raise HadoopIllegalArgumentException + +HDFS: The source file MUST be closed. +Truncate cannot be performed on a file, which is open for writing or appending. + +#### Postconditions + + FS' where: + len(FS.Files[p]) = newLength + +Return: `true`, if truncation is finished and the file can be immediately +opened for appending, or `false` otherwise. + +HDFS: HDFS reutrns `false` to indicate that a background process of adjusting +the length of the last block has been started, and clients should wait for it +to complete before they can proceed with further file updates. + +#### Concurrency + +If an input stream is open when truncate() occurs, the outcome of read +operations related to the part of the file being truncated is undefined.
