I have posted a comment in JIRA area for KAFKA-1194. It would be
appreciated if any user/dev can comment whether this solution is
sustainable.

This is ONLY for windows - so minor checks/modifications using
Os.isWindows() is probably required.

On 7 July 2017 at 09:21, Manikumar <manikumar.re...@gmail.com> wrote:

> pl check http://kafka.apache.org/documentation.html#os
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:19 PM, M. Manna <manme...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Sir,
> >
> >
> > Kafka is not well tested on Windows platform..There are some issues
> running
> > > on
> > > Windows. It is recommended to run on Linux machines.
> >
> >
> > *This is slightly unusual because I haven't seen (or perhaps,
> > unintentionally overlooked) any documentation/blogs which states this.Any
> > Java library/API/Service is meant to work OS independent, but I guess
> > "Never say never".*
> >
> > *Do you have any evidence/quote/documentation which suggests this?*
> >
> > *Kindest Regards,*
> >
> >
> > On 7 July 2017 at 07:48, Manikumar <manikumar.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Kafka is not well tested on Windows platform..There are some issues
> > running
> > > on
> > > Windows. It is recommended to run on Linux machines.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 9:49 PM, M. Manna <manme...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have sent numerous emails in the past about the same issue, but no
> > > > response so far.
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering if we will get a patch. I am working on a
> > synchronisation
> > > > PoC which is reliant on Log cleanup to be successful every day. I
> have
> > > got
> > > > auto.offset.reset=earliest and the offsets.retention.minutes is set
> > > > sufficiently large (2880) to avoid such issues. I do have a
> > > > log.cleanup.policy=compact, but what I understand from the
> > documentation
> > > > that deletion occurs after "Compact" for older logs anyway.
> > > >
> > > > I have moved my log.dir locations several places and with full access
> > to
> > > > the directories, but still same issue as KAFKA-1194. Could someone
> > please
> > > > let me know if this has worked for you i.e. the logs were deleted
> > > > successfully after certain period?
> > > >
> > > > KR,
> > > > MM
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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