Should HDFS restrict the names used for files?
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Key: HADOOP-6059
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-6059
Project: Hadoop Core
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: dfs
Affects Versions: 0.20.0
Reporter: Robert Chansler
When reviewing the consequences of Hadoop:6017 (the name system could not start
because a file name interpreted as a regex caused a fault), the discussion
turned to improving the test set for file system functions by broadening the
set of names used for testing. Presently, HDFS allows any name without a slash.
_Should the space of names be restricted?_ If most funny names are unintended,
maybe the user would benefit from an early error indication. A contrary view is
that restricting names is so 20th-century.
Should be or shouldn't we?
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