On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Vinayakumar B <vinayakum...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Currently *DFSInputStream *doen't allow reading a write-inprogress file, > once all written bytes, by the time of opening an input stream, are read. > > To read further update on the same file, needs to be read by opening > another stream to the same file again. > > Instead how about refreshing length of such open files if the current > position is at earlier EOF. > Are you talking tailing an HDFS file without having to fake it with a loop that does open, read till EOF, close, repeat? If so, sounds great. St.Ack
