I noticed this too. I could not find any documentation regd how return code
from a command like 'fs' or 'rmf' or some shell command is.
Replace 'fs -rmr' with rmf for your case.
Raghu.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:27 AM, Chris Rosner <ch...@gxlinc.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade from 0.7.0 to 0.8.1, but am having some trouble
> with existing scripts.
>
> The basic problem I'm trying to solve is storing an alias in to hdfs,
> overwriting data that may already exist at that path.
>
> I've been using this pattern in 0.7.0:
>
> fs -rmr /some/output/path/
> store a into '/some/output/path/' using PigStorage('\t');
>
> This works fine whether or not the path exists in hdfs on 0.7.0, but
> 0.8.1 throws an IOException at the beginning of the script, and fails
> to proceed.
>
> Is there a way to supress any error returned by the 'fs -rmr', or is
> there a way to make STORE replace existing contents (if any)?
>
> Thanks!
>
