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dhruba borthakur commented on HDFS-487:
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> Thanks Dhruba. It looks like the specifics of why a fileid is required (or if 
> it even helps) depend on future features. I think it is better to wait.

Thanks Raghu.

Sanjay: given Raghu's opinion, do you really think that the HDFS-385 needs to 
change to use the fileid (and not the filename).

> HDFS should expose a fileid to uniquely identify a file
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>
>                 Key: HDFS-487
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-487
>             Project: Hadoop HDFS
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>            Reporter: dhruba borthakur
>            Assignee: dhruba borthakur
>         Attachments: fileid1.txt
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> HDFS should expose a id that uniquely identifies a file. This helps in 
> developing  applications that work correctly even when files are moved from 
> one directory to another. A typical use-case is to make the Pluggable Block 
> Placement Policy (HDFS-385) use fileid instead of filename.

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