Just put them in the same directory as the main input file. It will be smart enough to not reload the main file if it has not changed.
I think the idea is that periodically you will just push and reload the new complete data file, and remove old update files. But there's no limit to how many files you add. On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Octavian Covalschi < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to implement a simple user based recommendation engine. As a > start point I have taken the mahout-taste-webapp, which pretty much fits > my > needs for now. > > Now I'm trying to figure out how to do regular updates of the input feed > file... From the Mahout in Action book (i know it's not out yet, I've got > early access version) I understood that it's possible to have so called > update files, however it's not clear to me how this works. I'd assume > they're loaded when input file is loaded, but how about if I get new update > files, how can I load them too? Do i have to reload entire thing? Or the > refresh method handles this for me? > > The use case is pretty simple. During the day, based on user's activity > there will be new update files and I'd like to process them as well. > > Oh, one more question, how many updates files can I have... I'm concerned > that after a while we may have thousands. What's the solution in this case? > I'll have to "merge" them and generate a new input file? > > Thank you in advance. >
