On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Ryan LeCompte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see... so there really isn't a way for me to test a map/reduce > program using a single node without incurring the overhead of > upping/downing JVM's... My input is broken up into 5 text files.... is > there a way I could start the job such that it only uses 1 map to > process the whole thing? I guess I'd have to concatenate the files > into 1 file and somehow turn off splitting? There is a MultipleFileInputFormat, but it is less useful than it should be, but it is a good place to start. If you defining a MultipleFileInputFormat that reads text files should be pretty easy and it will give you a single map for your job. Otherwise, yes, you'll need to make a single file and ask for a single map. -- Owen
