hadoop fs commands should support tar/gzip or an equivalent -----------------------------------------------------------
Key: HADOOP-7519 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HADOOP-7519 Project: Hadoop Common Issue Type: Improvement Components: fs Affects Versions: 0.20.1 Reporter: Keith Wiley Priority: Minor The "hadoop fs" subcommand should offer options for batching, unbatching, compressing, and uncompressing files on hdfs. The equivalent of "hadoop fs -tar" or "hadoop fs -gzip". These commands would greatly facilitate moving large data (especially in a large number of files) back and forth from hdfs. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira