'mapred.task.timeout' is deprecated configuration. You can use 'mapreduce.task.timeout' property to do the same.
You could set this configuration while submitting the Job using org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration.setLong(String name, long value) API from conf or JobConf. Thanks Devaraj k -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Koifman [mailto:ekoif...@hortonworks.com] Sent: 23 July 2013 04:24 To: user@hadoop.apache.org Subject: setting mapred.task.timeout programmatically from client Hello, is there a way to set mapred.task.timeout programmatically from client? Thank you