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Allen Wittenauer updated MAPREDUCE-5950:
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Resolution: Fixed
Fix Version/s: 2.6.0
3.0.0
Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available)
+1. Committing to trunk and branch-2.
Thanks!
> incorrect description in distcp2 document
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>
> Key: MAPREDUCE-5950
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-5950
> Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: documentation
> Affects Versions: 1.2.1, 2.4.0
> Reporter: Yongjun Zhang
> Assignee: Akira AJISAKA
> Labels: newbie
> Fix For: 3.0.0, 2.6.0
>
> Attachments: HDFS-6502.2.patch, HDFS-6502.3.patch, HDFS-6502.4.patch,
> HDFS-6502.patch
>
>
> In http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r1.2.1/distcp2.html#UpdateAndOverwrite
> The first statement of the "Update and Overwrite" section says:
> {quote}
> -update is used to copy files from source that don't exist at the target, or
> have different contents. -overwrite overwrites target-files even if they
> exist at the source, or have the same contents.
> {quote}
> The "Command Line Options" table says :
> {quote}
> -overwrite: Overwrite destination
> -update: Overwrite if src size different from dst size
> {quote}
> Based on the implementation, making the following modification would be more
> accurate:
> The first statement of the "Update and Overwrite" section:
> {code}
> -update is used to copy files from source that don't exist at the target, or
> have different contents. -overwrite overwrites target-files if they exist at
> the target.
> {code}
> The "Command Line Options" table:
> {code}
> -overwrite: Overwrite destination
> -update: Overwrite destination if source and destination have different
> contents
> {code}
> Thanks.
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