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Posted to hdfs-user@hadoop.apache.org by Yue Guan <pi...@gmail.com> on 2012/08/24 21:25:50 UTC

easy mv or heavy mv

Hi, there

I'm just want to know that for hadoop dfs -mv. Does 'mv' just change the 
meta info, or really copy data around on the hdfs? Thank you very much!

Thanks

Re: easy mv or heavy mv

Posted by Daryn Sharp <da...@yahoo-inc.com>.
Yes, it just does a trivial update of the inodes (metainfo).

Daryn

On Aug 24, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Yue Guan <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, there
> 
> I'm just want to know that for hadoop dfs -mv. Does 'mv' just change the 
> meta info, or really copy data around on the hdfs? Thank you very much!
> 
> Thanks


Re: easy mv or heavy mv

Posted by Daryn Sharp <da...@yahoo-inc.com>.
Yes, it just does a trivial update of the inodes (metainfo).

Daryn

On Aug 24, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Yue Guan <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, there
> 
> I'm just want to know that for hadoop dfs -mv. Does 'mv' just change the 
> meta info, or really copy data around on the hdfs? Thank you very much!
> 
> Thanks


Re: easy mv or heavy mv

Posted by Daryn Sharp <da...@yahoo-inc.com>.
Yes, it just does a trivial update of the inodes (metainfo).

Daryn

On Aug 24, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Yue Guan <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, there
> 
> I'm just want to know that for hadoop dfs -mv. Does 'mv' just change the 
> meta info, or really copy data around on the hdfs? Thank you very much!
> 
> Thanks


Re: easy mv or heavy mv

Posted by Daryn Sharp <da...@yahoo-inc.com>.
Yes, it just does a trivial update of the inodes (metainfo).

Daryn

On Aug 24, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Yue Guan <pi...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, there
> 
> I'm just want to know that for hadoop dfs -mv. Does 'mv' just change the 
> meta info, or really copy data around on the hdfs? Thank you very much!
> 
> Thanks