Github user tgravescs commented on the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/204#issuecomment-39449932
  
    Its not readable by other users in the intermediate directory.  Sorry I 
didn't explain fully.  That directory itself is 1777, sticky bit set, world 
writable.  Each user creates a subdirectory in there that is only readable by 
them and superuser group, history files are then written to that user directory 
with permissions so that only that user and group can read/write.
    
    The reasons for it moving it to the done directory are more for management 
reasons.  It orders them by date,  and then within a date makes sure one 
directory doesn't get to big, deletes them after a retention period (having 
them ordered by date makes that simple), etc.  



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