HDFS only supports regular writes and append. Random write is not supported. I do not know of any feature/jira that is underway to support this feature.
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 9:01 AM, John Lilley <john.lil...@redpoint.net>wrote: > I’m sure this has been asked a zillion times, so please just point me to > the JIRA comments: is there a feature underway to allow for re-writing of > HDFS file sections?**** > > Thanks**** > > John**** > > ** ** > -- http://hortonworks.com/download/
