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Uma Maheswara Rao G updated HDFS-1608: -------------------------------------- Description: FileSystem has the API *public void copyFromLocalFile(boolean delSrc, boolean overwrite, Path[] srcs, Path dst)* This API provides overwrite option. But the mapping command line doesn't have this option. To maintain the consistency and better usage the command line option also can support the overwrite option like to put the files forcefully. ( put [-f] <srcpath> <dstPath>) and also for copyFromLocal command line option. was: FileSystem has the API {code:xml} public void copyFromLocalFile(boolean delSrc, boolean overwrite, Path[] srcs, Path dst) {code} This API provides overwrite option. But the mapping command line doesn't have this option. To maintain the consistency and better usage the command line option also can support the overwrite option like to put the files forcefully. ( put [-f] <srcpath> <dstPath>) and also for copyFromLocal command line option. > Provide overwrite option (-overwrite/-f) in put and copyFromLocal command > line options > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-1608 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-1608 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: hdfs client > Affects Versions: 0.20.1, 0.20.2 > Reporter: Uma Maheswara Rao G > Priority: Minor > > FileSystem has the API > *public void copyFromLocalFile(boolean delSrc, boolean overwrite, Path[] > srcs, Path dst)* > > > This API provides overwrite option. But the mapping command line doesn't have > this option. To maintain the consistency and better usage the command line > option also can support the overwrite option like to put the files > forcefully. ( put [-f] <srcpath> <dstPath>) and also for copyFromLocal > command line option. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira