Rodrigo GETCONTENTSUMMARY will return the summary of everything under the path you specified, even the subdirectories. So i would suggest take a look in the directories and see what content they have and then the numbers should add up.
-- Arpit Gupta Hortonworks Inc. http://hortonworks.com/ On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:59 AM, "Pastrana, Rodrigo (RIS-BCT)" <rodrigo.pastr...@lexisnexis.com> wrote: > I’m using WEBHDFS to query directory/file information, but the > GETCONTENTSUMMARY counts aren’t returning expected counts. > > For example, when I query content summary for the directory > /user/hadoop/tutorial, webhdfs returns the following: > > x.y.z.w:50070/webhdfs/v1/user/hadoop/tutorial/?op=GETCONTENTSUMMARY > {"ContentSummary":{"directoryCount":4,"fileCount":10,"length":3204490622,"quota":-1,"spaceConsumed":3204490622,"spaceQuota":-1}}. > > But looking at the content of that dir through the web portal, I see 6 files > and 3 subdirs: > > accounts > file > 812.93 MB > 1 > 64 MB > 2012-12-12 10:59 > rw-r--r-- > hadoop > supergroup > accounts2 > file > 812.93 MB > 1 > 64 MB > 2012-07-31 16:48 > rw-r--r-- > hadoop > supergroup > accounts2-parts > dir > 2012-08-17 15:34 > rwxr-xr-x > hadoop > supergroup > persons > file > 124.38 MB > 1 > 64 MB > 2012-07-11 13:19 > rw-r--r-- > hadoop > supergroup > persons-parts > dir > 2012-12-12 10:35 > rwxr-xr-x > hadoop > supergroup > persons2 > file > 124.38 MB > 1 > 64 MB > 2012-07-20 13:53 > rw-r--r-- > hadoop > supergroup > persons3 > file > 124.38 MB > 1 > 64 MB > 2012-12-12 10:53 > rw-r--r-- > hadoop > supergroup > short-accounts > file > 59.88 MB > 1 > 64 MB > 2012-12-06 12:26 > rw-r--r-- > hadoop > supergroup > short-accounts-parts > dir > 2012-12-06 15:00 > rwxr-xr-x > hadoop > supergroup > > Can anybody help make sense of the summary numbers? > > > Thanks, Rodrigo. > > > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message > may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is > privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in > error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original > message. >
