Thanks Arun for the comment :) That actually explains how the libhdfs code is minute.
So, okay, does that mean that when using the compiled libhdfs.so, it call dfs code to be run on JVM through JNI? If anyone has played with libhdfs, can they tell that do they somehow have to specify where the original hadoop code is lying while using libhdfs.so thanks, regards, Ahmad H. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Arun C Murthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahmad, > > On Feb 27, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Ahmad Humayun wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Apparently no one knew the answer to my question :( Am I looking at > > things > > the right way or nobody has compared the libhdfs code to hdfs? Or am I > > completely wrong, libhdfs and hdfs has no difference at all? > > > > libhdfs is a JNI-based wrapper around hdfs, so it invokes the > underlying java apis via JNI. It offers most of the functionality of > hdfs, but I'm not sure it has everything. > > The hdfs java api is here: > http://hadoop.apache.org/core/docs/r0.16.0/api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ > FileSystem.html > > Arun > > > regards, > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Ahmad Humayun > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi there, > >> > >> I was just playing with libhdfs and couldnt help see the > >> differences it > >> has with the hadoop.dfs package. The hadoop.dfs seems to be much more > >> intensive then ifs c++ counterpart, libhdfs, on the amount of > >> functionality > >> it offers. Hmm.. am I wrong here?....am I looking at things the > >> wrong way? > >> Is libhdfs is cut-down part of hadoop.dfs. If so, what > >> functionality I'll > >> miss out on by using libhdfs. > >> > >> Which files in the hadoop.dfs package provide similar functions as > >> libhdfs. In other words where in the dfs package I should look for an > >> "apples to apples" comparison with the libhdfs. > >> > >> > >> thanks, > >> -- > >> Ahmad Humayun > >> Research Assistant > >> Computer Science Dpt., LUMS > >> +92 321 4457315 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ahmad Humayun > > Research Assistant > > Computer Science Dpt., LUMS > > +92 321 4457315 > > -- Ahmad Humayun Research Assistant Computer Science Dpt., LUMS +92 321 4457315
