I just tried the command right now on a directory, and it says: get: No such file or directory
but when i do -ls the directory is there, and i get a listing of files underneath that directory. Kris. On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Arvind Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: > They do work on directories as well... > > Arvind > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Kris Jirapinyo <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 11:41:22 PM > Subject: Re: Copying directories out of HDFS > > I thought -get and -copyToLocal don't work on directories, only on single > files. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Jeff Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Arvind, > > > > You miss the fs > > > > The command should be: > > > > bin/hadoop fs -get /path/to/dfs/dir /path/to/local/dir > > or > > bin/hadoop fs -copyToLocal /path/to/dfs/dir /path/to/local/dir > > > > The is the link of shell command for your reference. > > http://hadoop.apache.org/common/docs/r0.20.0/hdfs_shell.html > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Arvind Sharma <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > You mean programmatically or command line ? > > > > > > Command line : > > > > > > bin/hadoop -get /path/to/dfs/dir /path/to/local/dir > > > > > > Arvind > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Kris Jirapinyo <[email protected]> > > > To: common-user <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, September 4, 2009 5:15:00 PM > > > Subject: Copying directories out of HDFS > > > > > > Hi all, > > > What is the best way to copy directories from HDFS to local disk in > > > 0.19.1? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Kris. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
