The compiled tool I use to read the files today is written in C. It converts the files to ASCII CSV and prints to STDOUT. Would that work in a format plugin?
Thanks, Scott Wilburn -----Original Message----- From: Jason Altekruse [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2016 08:31 AM To: user Subject: [E] Re: binary file searching Not quite sure what you mean by "compiled tool". I'm guessing the most efficient way to accomplish something like this would be to write a format plugin that would call out to this external code and then read the result with the Drill CSV reader. Is this external tool written in Java or another language like Scala that compiles to JVM bytecode? We currently don't include any code with the Drill server that crosses the JNI boundary to run a native binary executable, but it should be possible. On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:16 AM, Wilburn, Scott < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Is there a way to use Drill to search through binary files? I have > some binary files that require a special compiled tool to convert into > CSV format. Can Drill execute an external tool to convert each file > into ASCII before searching? > > Thanks, > Scott Wilburn > >
