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Posted to user@flume.apache.org by Muhammad Asif Abbasi <as...@gmail.com> on 2014/03/21 20:40:12 UTC

Motivation behind the name

Hi All,
Can somebody please help me figure out why Apache flume is called Flume?

Cheers,
Asif

Re: Motivation behind the name

Posted by Bertrand Dechoux <de...@gmail.com>.

And that's the logo.

Bertrand


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Muhammad Asif Abbasi <asif.abbasi@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Many thanks Steve.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Steve Katz <st...@nexage.com>wrote:
>
>> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume
>>
>> Its for moving 'log' files.  Log, as in wood and log as in data in a file.
>>
>> --skatz
>>
>> > On Mar 21, 2014, at 3:40 PM, "Muhammad Asif Abbasi" <
>> asif.abbasi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi All,
>> > Can somebody please help me figure out why Apache flume is called Flume?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Asif
>>
>
>

Re: Motivation behind the name

Posted by Muhammad Asif Abbasi <as...@gmail.com>.

Many thanks Steve.


On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 8:26 PM, Steve Katz <st...@nexage.com> wrote:

> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume
>
> Its for moving 'log' files.  Log, as in wood and log as in data in a file.
>
> --skatz
>
> > On Mar 21, 2014, at 3:40 PM, "Muhammad Asif Abbasi" <
> asif.abbasi@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> > Can somebody please help me figure out why Apache flume is called Flume?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Asif
>

Re: Motivation behind the name

Posted by Steve Katz <st...@nexage.com>.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flume

Its for moving 'log' files.  Log, as in wood and log as in data in a file.

--skatz

> On Mar 21, 2014, at 3:40 PM, "Muhammad Asif Abbasi" <as...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> Can somebody please help me figure out why Apache flume is called Flume?
> 
> Cheers,
> Asif