Just do: $ echo "DIR\t/foo/bar/directory" > file $ hadoop -put file hfile
And you got yourself a file. On 12/17/07 7:10 PM, "Jim the Standing Bear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ted, > > I guess I didn't make it clear enough. I don't have a file to start > with. When I run the program, I pass in an argument. The program, > before doing its map/red jobs, is supposed to create a file on the > DFS, and saves whatever I just passed in. And my trouble is, I am not > sure how to create such a file so that both the key and values are > clear Text, and they can subsequently be read by > KeyValueTextInputFormat. > > On Dec 17, 2007 10:07 PM, Ted Dunning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> I thought that is what your input file already was. The >> KeyValueTextInputFormat should read your input as-is. >> >> When you write out your intermediate values, just make sure that you use >> TextOutputFormat and put "DIR" as the key and the directory name as the >> value (same with files). >> >> >> >> On 12/17/07 6:46 PM, "Jim the Standing Bear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> With KeyValueTextInputFormat, the problem is not reading it - I know >>> how to set the separator byte and all that... my problem is with >>> creating the very first file - I simply don't know how. >> >> > >
