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Lefty Leverenz commented on HIVE-2181: -------------------------------------- Doc note: This added configuration parameter *hive.start.cleanup.scratchdir* to HiveConf.java in release 0.8.1 (not 0.8.0 as indicated in Fix Version). HIVE-10415 fixed a bug in release 1.3.0. *hive.start.cleanup.scratchdir* is documented in the wiki here: * [Configuration Properties -- hive.start.cleanup.scratchdir | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Configuration+Properties#ConfigurationProperties-hive.start.cleanup.scratchdir] > Clean up the scratch.dir (tmp/hive-root) while restarting Hive server. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-2181 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-2181 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Server Infrastructure > Affects Versions: 0.8.0 > Environment: Suse linux, Hadoop 20.1, Hive 0.8 > Reporter: sanoj mathew > Assignee: Chinna Rao Lalam > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 0.8.0 > > Attachments: HIVE-2181.1.patch, HIVE-2181.2.patch, HIVE-2181.3.patch, > HIVE-2181.4.patch, HIVE-2181.5.patch, HIVE-2181.6.patch, HIVE-2181.patch > > Original Estimate: 48h > Remaining Estimate: 48h > > Now queries leaves the map outputs under scratch.dir after execution. If the > hive server is stopped we need not keep the stopped server's map oputputs. So > whle starting the server we can clear the scratch.dir. This can help in > improved disk usage. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)