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Suresh Srinivas commented on HADOOP-7378: ----------------------------------------- Thanks for the explanation. Please provide updated patch with documentation changes. > hadoop dfs -ls : Do not expand directories (was HDFS-1475) > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HADOOP-7378 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7378 > Project: Hadoop Common > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: fs > Affects Versions: 0.23.0 > Reporter: Daryn Sharp > Assignee: Daryn Sharp > Attachments: HADOOP-7378.patch > > > In a nutshell, ls needs the ability to list a directory but not its contents. > W/o -d, it is impossible to list the root directory's owner, permissions, > etc. See the original hdfs bug for details. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira