Did you try using -files option in your hadoop jar command as: /usr/bin/hadoop jar <jar name> <main class name> -files <absolute path of file to be added to distributed cache> <input dir> <output dir>
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Roger Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > Slight modification: I now know how to add files to the distributed file > cache, which can be done via this command placed in the main or run class: > > DistributedCache.addCacheFile(new URI("/user/hadoop/thefile.dat"), > conf); > > However I am still having trouble locating the file in the distributed > cache. *How do I call the file path of thefile.dat in the distributed cache > as a string?* I am using Hadoop 0.20.2 > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Roger Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Does anybody have examples of how one moves files from the local > > filestructure/HDFS to the distributed cache in MapReduce? A Google search > > turned up examples in Pig but not MR. > > > > -- > > Roger Chen > > UC Davis Genome Center > > > > > > -- > Roger Chen > UC Davis Genome Center >
