If it's used by RFile during a system invoked task, then I'd say leave it. If you want to make a shell friendly interface for invoking it, I'm all for it.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:59 AM, David Medinets <david.medin...@gmail.com>wrote: > It is out of place, to me, because the Accumulo Shell should be the > primary mechanism for Accumulo system administration. Why have a > utility that can't be invoked from the Shell? Any objections to moving > it? > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Eric Newton <eric.new...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Yes, I've had users accidentally ingest key/values that were so large > that > > they could not be compacted (the tablet server would run out of memory > and > > crash). This utility allowed me to remove the large key/values and > > preserve them for analysis. Why is it that you want to move it? Could > you > > be a little more specific about why it seems out of place? > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:19 PM, David Medinets > > <david.medin...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> Is this utility something useful in a production shop? If so, should > >> it be integrated into the shell? Maybe it should be moved to the > >> contribs directory? I seems out of place in the current > >> org.apache.accumulo.core.file.rfile package. > >> >
