You can not modify file in HDFS, HDFS is designed for write once, read many times.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:29 AM, elton sky <eltonsky9...@gmail.com> wrote: > hello everyone, > > After some research I found HDFS only support create new file and append to > exiting file. What if I want to modify some parts of a, say 2 Petabyte, > file. > Do I have to remove it and create it again or we have some alternative way? > -- Best Regards Jeff Zhang
