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Todd Lipcon commented on HDFS-3094: ----------------------------------- +1 for the branch-1 patch. I tested it manually from the command line as well. Will commit momentarily. Thanks Arpit and sorry for my delinquency on committing! > add -nonInteractive and -force option to namenode -format command > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: HDFS-3094 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-3094 > Project: Hadoop HDFS > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 0.24.0, 1.0.2 > Reporter: Arpit Gupta > Assignee: Arpit Gupta > Fix For: 2.0.0 > > Attachments: HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, > HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, > HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, > HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, > HDFS-3094.branch-1.0.patch, HDFS-3094.branch-1.patch, HDFS-3094.patch, > HDFS-3094.patch, HDFS-3094.patch, HDFS-3094.patch, HDFS-3094.patch, > HDFS-3094.patch, HDFS-3094.patch > > > Currently the bin/hadoop namenode -format prompts the user for a Y/N to setup > the directories in the local file system. > -force : namenode formats the directories without prompting > -nonInterActive : namenode format will return with an exit code of 1 if the > dir exists. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira