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Pradeep Kamath commented on PIG-326: ------------------------------------ Running pig in the following way should allow users to supplied a new pig.properties: {noformat} If not using HOD: java -cp <directory containing custom pig.properties>:<fullpath to pig.jar>:<directory containing hadoop-site.xml> -Dhod.server="" org.apache.pig.Main <pigscript file> If using HOD: java -cp <directory containing custom pig.properties>:<fullpath to pig.jar> org.apache.pig.Main <pigscript file> {noformat} Couple of points: 1) The custom pig.properties file should be name "pig.properties" 2) The classpath specified above should have the directory containing pig.properties as the first element > Read properties file from classpath > ----------------------------------- > > Key: PIG-326 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-326 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Amir Youssefi > > Some users need to change properties file frequently. Looking for > pig.properties in classpath and merging that with existing one in pig.jar > (giving it precedence to one in classpath) will be helpful. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.