Jignesh, Can be done. Use the fuse-dfs feature of HDFS to have your DFS as a 'physical' mount point on Linux. Instructions may be found here: http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/MountableHDFS and on other resources across the web (search around for fuse hdfs).
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Jignesh Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Bejoy, > > copyToLocal makes sense, it worked. But I am still wondering if HDFS has a > directory created on local box, somewhere it exist physically but couldn't > able to locate it. > > Is HDFS directory structure is a virtual structure, doesn't exist physically? > > -Jignesh > On Oct 10, 2011, at 3:53 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Jignesh >> Sorry I didn't get your query, 'how I can link it with HDFS >> directory structure? >> ' >> >> You mean putting your unix dir contents into hdfs? If so use hadoop fs >> -copyFromLocal src destn >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Jignesh Patel >> To: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: hdfs directory location >> Sent: Oct 11, 2011 01:18 >> >> Bejoy, >> >> If I create a directory in unix box then how I can link it with HDFS >> directory structure? >> >> -Jignesh >> On Oct 10, 2011, at 2:59 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Jignesh >>> You are creating a dir in hdfs by that command. The dir won't be in >>> your local file system but it hdfs. Issue a command like >>> hadoop fs -ls /user/hadoop-user/citation/ >>> You can see the dir you created in hdfs >>> >>> If you want to create a die on local unix use a simple linux command >>> mkdir /user/hadoop-user/citation/input >>> >>> >>> ------Original Message------ >>> From: Jignesh Patel >>> To: [email protected] >>> ReplyTo: [email protected] >>> Subject: hdfs directory location >>> Sent: Oct 10, 2011 23:45 >>> >>> I am using following command to create a file in Unix(i.e. mac) system. >>> >>> bin/hadoop fs -mkdir /user/hadoop-user/citation/input >>> >>> While it creates the directory I need, I am struggling to figure out exact >>> location of the folder in my local box. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> Bejoy K S >> >> >> >> Regards >> Bejoy K S > > -- Harsh J
