Is there a way to create an external table LIKE another table?

This doesn't work:

CREATE TABLE B LIKE A
ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\t' STORED AS TEXTFILE
LOCATION 's3://..';

FAILED: Parse Error: line 2:0 mismatched input 'ROW' expecting EOF

I tried creating a managed table B first and then changing its properties.
I can "make" the table external but I don't know how to change its
"location" from hdfs to s3.

I am using EMR Hive.

Thanks!

igor
decide.com

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