The MR framework saves it into the job.xml before it sends it for execution.
If you're asking about a way to save the config object into the XML file, use http://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/api/org/apache/hadoop/conf/Configuration.html#writeXml(java.io.Writer)or similar APIs. On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Pedro Sá da Costa <psdc1...@gmail.com>wrote: > This does not save in the xml file. I think this just keep the > variable in memory. > > On 19 January 2013 18:48, Arun C Murthy <a...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > > jobConf.set(String, String)? > > > > > -- > Best regards, > -- Harsh J