It should be doable like this: FileSystem.getContentSummary(FileStatus.getPath()).getLength();
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Ananth Sarathy <ananth.t.sara...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am trying to see how what the total size of all the files within a > directory in HDFS is. I try > > Configuration conf = new Configuration(); > > Path inFile = new Path( > "/MyDir"); > > FileSystem fs = inFile.getFileSystem(conf); > > > FileStatus status = fs.getFileStatus(inFile); > > System.out.println(status.isDir()); > System.out.println(status.getLen()); > > > But since it's a directory, i get a 0. Anyone have any idea on how I can get > this info? I am using apache hadoop 20.2. > > Secondly, I assume FileSystem.getUsed and FileStatus.getLen is in bytes, > correct? > > Ananth T Sarathy > -- Harsh J www.harshj.com
