I'm trying the first method now. However, some of my code requires a file object that is a directory. So I can't use the first method with it.
If I put something in the /classes, what path do I reference it with? Do I just do new File(/classes/blah.txt")? Thanks. On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Ferdy Galema <[email protected]>wrote: > There are some options. The best way imho is to use getResourceAsStream(). > Put the file in the same package as the calling java code. Then do > something like > getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("myfile"); > > If you really want to directly access the file then you can put it in > /classes in the job file. This directory is expanded into the current > working directory of a running task. > > Last but not least you are able to use shared filesystem, for example the > HDFS or the mapreduce DistributedCache. This is useful if the files are > big, or change a lot. > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Bai Shen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I need to reference a file from my plugin. However, when I try to call > it > > using File(blah.txt), it looks for the file at the location where I run > > nutch from, not in the job file. > > > > What is the proper way to refer to the files in the job file? > > > > Thanks. > > >
