hadoop dfs -setrep 1 filename Add -r if you want to change replication recursively.
Usage: hdfs dfs -setrep [-R] <path> hdfs dfs -setrep -w 3 -R /user/hadoop/dir1 -w is there if you want to wait till replication finished. *Thanks & Regards * ∞ Shashwat Shriparv On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Mohammad Mustaqeem <3m.mustaq...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > Is there any method to change the replication factor of any particular > file. > Means that, if any file is not important then we should decrease its > replication factor and the file that is more important, we should increase > its replication factor. > > -- > *With regards ---* > *Mohammad Mustaqeem*, > M.Tech (CSE) > MNNIT Allahabad > 9026604270 >
