If you add the configuration directory to the class path, the configuration
files will be automatically loaded.
Hairong
On 3/12/08 5:32 PM, "Cagdas Gerede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I found the solution. Please let me know if you have a better idea.
>
> I added the following addResource lines.
>
> Configuration conf = new Configuration();
>
> conf.addResource(new Path("location_of_hadoop-default.xml"));
> conf.addResource(new Path("location_of_hadoop-site.xml"));
>
> FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
>
> (Would be good to update the wiki page).
>
> - CEG
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Cagdas Gerede <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> I see the following paragraphs in the wiki (
>> http://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HadoopDfsReadWriteExample)<http://wiki.apache.o
>> rg/hadoop/HadoopDfsReadWriteExample>
>>
>>> Create a [image: [WWW]]
>>> FileSystem<http://hadoop.apache.org/core/api/org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem
>>> .html>instance by passing a new Configuration object. Please note that the
>> following example code assumes that the >Configuration object will
>> automatically load the *hadoop-default.xml* and
>> *hadoop-site.xml*configuration files. You may need to explicitly add these
>> resource paths if
>> you are not running inside of the Hadoop runtime environment.
>>
>> and
>>
>>> Configuration conf = new Configuration();
>>> FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
>>
>> When I do
>>
>> Path[] apples = fs.globPaths(new Path("*"));
>> for(Path apple : apples) {
>> System.out.println(apple);
>> }
>>
>>
>> It prints out all the local file names.
>>
>> How do I point my application to running HDFS instance?
>> What does "explicitly add these resource paths if you are not running
>> inside of the Hadoop runtime environment." mean?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - CEG
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
