Thanks for the suggestion. It makes sense to me~.
> 2021年4月27日 上午10:28，Yik San Chan <evan.chanyik...@gmail.com> 写道：
>
> Hi Dian,
>
> If that's the case, shall we reword "Attach custom python files for job."
> into "attach custom files that could be put in PYTHONPATH, e.g., .zip, .whl,
> etc."
>
> Best,
> Yik San
>
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 10:08 AM Dian Fu <dian0511...@gmail.com
> <mailto:dian0511...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hi Yik San,
>
> All the files which could be put in the PYTHONPATH are allowed here, e.g.
> .zip, .whl, etc.
>
> Regards,
> Dian
>
>> 2021年4月27日 上午8:16，Yik San Chan <evan.chanyik...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:evan.chanyik...@gmail.com>> 写道：
>>
>> Hi Dian,
>>
>> It is still not clear to me - does it only allow Python files (.py), or not?
>>
>> Best,
>> Yik San
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:15 PM Dian Fu <dian0511...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:dian0511...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hi Yik San,
>>
>> 1) what `--pyFiles` is used for:
>> All the files specified via `--pyFiles` will be put in the PYTHONPATH of the
>> Python worker during execution and then they will be available for the
>> Python user-defined functions during execution.
>>
>> 2) validate for the files passed to `--pyFiles`
>> Currently it will not validate the files passed to this argument. I also
>> think that it’s not necessary and not able to perform such kind of check. Do
>> you have any advice for this?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dian
>>
>>> 2021年4月26日 下午8:45，Yik San Chan <evan.chanyik...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:evan.chanyik...@gmail.com>> 写道：
>>>
>>> Hi community,
>>>
>>> In
>>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/dev/python/python_config.html
>>>
>>> <https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/dev/python/python_config.html>,
>>> regarding python.files:
>>>
>>> > Attach custom python files for job.
>>>
>>> This makes readers think only Python files are allowed here. However, in
>>> https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/deployment/cli.html#submitting-pyflink-jobs
>>>
>>> <https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-stable/deployment/cli.html#submitting-pyflink-jobs>:
>>>
>>> ./bin/flink run \
>>> --python examples/python/table/batch/word_count.py \
>>> --pyFiles file:///user.txt,hdfs:/// <>$namenode_address/username.txt
>>> It is obviously including .txt file that is not Python files.
>>>
>>> I believe it is contradictory here. Can anyone confirm?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Yik San
>>
>
