RE: mapred.local.dir cleanup

2011-01-20 Thread rakesh kothari
Any ideas on how "attempt*" directories getting created directly under "mapred.local.dir" ? Pointers to parts of the source code would help too. Thanks, -Rakesh From: rkothari_...@hotmail.com To: mapreduce-user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: mapred.local.dir cleanup Date: Tue,

mapred.local.dir cleanup

2011-01-18 Thread rakesh kothari
Hi, I am seeing lots of leftover directories going back as far as 12 days in the task trackers "mapred.local.dir". These directories are for "M/R task attempts". How are these directories end up in "mapred.local.dir" as from my understanding these directories should be in "mapred.local.dir/t