Okay got it. Thanks for your inputs. -Priyanka
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 7:47 PM, surendra lilhore < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Priyanka, > > > > Currently Inotify is only one option available in HDFS to monitor the file > system. It is not supporting path based monitoring. Some work is > in-progress to support it. > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-6939 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HDFS-8940 > > > > Regards > > -Surendra > > > > *From:* Priyanka Gugale [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 17 April 2017 15:37 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [HDFS] Monitor a directory > > > > Hi, > > > > I would like to monitor a HDFS directory for any file addition/deletion/ > modification. > I see we have a inotify at file system level. I see two problems with it, > > 1. It has to be run as a DFSAdmin user. > > 2. I didn't find a way to monitor a particular folder, it monitors entire > file system. > > > > Is there any other way I can monitor a directory? Or is there something I > am missing about inotify? > > > > -Priyanka > > >
