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Posted to user@hive.apache.org by Vince Hoang <vh...@cafepress.com> on 2011/08/12 20:48:58 UTC

Selectively include EXTERNAL TABLE source files via regex or symlink

I have a folder full of logs aggregated by hour like so:

logs/
> 20110812-070000
> 20110812-080000
> 20110812-090000
> 20110812-100000
> ...
> 20110812-230000
> 20110813-000000
> 20110813-010000
> 20110813-020000
> 20110813-030000
> ...
> 

Is there a way to selective include files files into an EXTERNAL TABLE using
regex/symlink WITHOUT copying/moving files or altering the layout of the
directory?  

Any suggestions appreciated.