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Owen O'Malley commented on HADOOP-1236:
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This is what the trashcan in fs shell was designed for.
> hadoop dfs -rmr dir should ask the user to confirm before deleting the dir
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> Key: HADOOP-1236
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-1236
> Project: Hadoop
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: dfs
> Reporter: Runping Qi
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> The current behavior is very dangerous.
> Imagine somebody type in
> hadoop dfs -rmr /
> and then accidentally hit the return key.
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