Question

I am learning how to use ZooKeeper (version 3.3.3) and have it running with Cygwin (version 1.7.9). In order to create a znode, I do the following:

$ zkServer.sh start   
$ zkCli.sh
[zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 0] create /zoo-1 "Hello World!" null    
Created /zoo-1

This appears to work fine:

[zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 1] ls /
[zoo-1, zookeeper]

However, if I try to use the -s flag this happens:

[zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 2] create -s /zoo-2 "Hello World!" null
Created /zoo-20000000007
[zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 3] ls /
[zoo-20000000007, zoo-1, zookeeper]

Removing the flag, though, keeps the name the same:

[zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 4] create -s /zoo-2 "Hello World!" null
Created /zoo-2
[zk: localhost:2181(CONNECTED) 5] ls /
[zoo-2, zoo-20000000007, zoo-1, zookeeper]

Why does using the -s flag, which makes the znode persistent, also change the name of the znode? I was following along the following tutorial http://java.dzone.com/articles/zookeeper-primer, and from his example the same thing does not happen to him.

Thank you for your time!

Answer 1

the -s flag is to create a sequential node. The dzone article looks like it has a mistake.