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Harsh J commented on MAPREDUCE-3130:
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One workaround to use when wanting a NullOutputFormat without this kinda issues 
(i.e. one that works with MultipleOutputs and such) is to subclass 
FileOutputFormat and dumb it down:

{code}
public static class DummyOutputFormat<K,V> extends FileOutputFormat<K,V> {
    @Override
    public void checkOutputSpecs(JobContext job)
        throws FileAlreadyExistsException, IOException {
        // Do not check for existing out-dir.
    }

    @Override
    public RecordWriter<K,V>
        getRecordWriter(TaskAttemptContext context) {
            return new RecordWriter<K,V>(){
                public void write(K key, V value) {}
                public void close(TaskAttemptContext context) {}
            };
    }
}
{code}
                
> Output files are not moved to job output directory after task completion
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MAPREDUCE-3130
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-3130
>             Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: task
>    Affects Versions: 0.20.204.0
>         Environment: NA
>            Reporter: Bhallamudi Venkata Siva Kamesh
>
> When MultipleOutputs (OutputFormat set to TextOutputFormat) is used to write 
> output files to different namedOutputFiles, turned off normal output file 
> generation(i.e.*part-r-<#reduce>*) by setting OutputFormat as 
> NullOutputFormat, task output is not moved to job output directory 
> ({color:blue}${mapred.output.dir}{color}).
>  
> After the job completion, found output files in 
> {color:red}${mapred.output.dir}/_temporary/_attempt-<jobid>-<#reduce>{color} 
> (task output directory) rather than in the 
> {color:blue}${mapred.output.dir}{color} (job output dir)

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