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Misty Stanley-Jones updated HBASE-12049: ---------------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Fix Version/s: 0.99.1 2.0.0 Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available) Committed to master and branch-1. Thanks [~ashish singhi] > Help for alter command is a bit confusing > ----------------------------------------- > > Key: HBASE-12049 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-12049 > Project: HBase > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: documentation, shell > Affects Versions: 0.98.5 > Reporter: Ashish Singhi > Assignee: Ashish Singhi > Priority: Trivial > Labels: shell > Fix For: 2.0.0, 0.99.1 > > Attachments: HBASE-12049-1.patch, HBASE-12049.patch > > > The help message shown for alter command is a bit confusing. > A part of current help message > {code} > Here is some help for this command: > Alter a table. Depending on the HBase setting > ("hbase.online.schema.update.enable"), > the table must be disabled or not to be altered (see help 'disable'). > You can add/modify/delete column families, as well as change table > configuration. Column families work similarly to create; column family > spec can either be a name string, or a dictionary with NAME attribute. > Dictionaries are described on the main help command output. > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)