Hi, I set the number of reducers to 1, and I indeed get only one output file, /output/part-00000.
However, in configure() and in close() I do a System.out, and I see that these are called three times, not one. Why does it matter to me? In configure I open a zip file, into which I write the binary parts of my maps, and in close() I close it. I would expect this to be called just once, producing one zip file, but instead it is called three (and 2 when running from IDE), so it produces 3 zip files. I have to play games so that the names of the zip files don't collide - and I am not sure if this is stable. What am I missing in my understanding? Thank you, Mark
