Check HDFS-265. Append has been implemeted in the trunk (i.e. 0.22) so you can grab it, deploy, and start using it.
Cos On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 06:24AM, Alan Miller wrote: > Hi, > > > > I'm just getting started with HDFS and I'm using the java API. > > What's the best way to synchronize files between my local and hdfs file > systems. > > I.e. if a 10G file only grows by 1G, I'd rather just append the 1G instead > or copying the full 11G. > > > > From my understanding append operations haven't been implemented in HDFS > yet. > > Is there any news or the status on this? > > > > I was hoping to implement something myself (using a FileInputStream and > > FSDataOutputStream) but FSDataOutputStream is not seekable. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Regards, > > Alan
