Suresh Srinivas created HADOOP-9702: ---------------------------------------
Summary: FileSystem should fail create call with OverWrite and Append flags Key: HADOOP-9702 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-9702 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Bug Components: fs Reporter: Suresh Srinivas OverWrite flag means delete the existing file. Append flag means append to an existing file. Both cannot be enabled at the same time. Following combinations are okay: # Create & Overwrite is okay - if file does not exist, it is created. If it exists, it will be overwritten. # Create & Append is okay - if file does not exist, create it. If the file exists append to it. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira