On Thu, 12 May 2011 09:49:23 -0700 (PDT) Aman <aman_d...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The creation of files part-nnnnn is atomic. When you run a MR job, > these files are created in directory <output_dir>/_temporary and > moved to <output_dir> after the files is closed for writing. This > move is atomic hence as long as you don't try to read these files > from temporary directory (which I see you are not) you will be fine. Perfect! thanks. Dieter