Hi Ayan, If you have multiple files (example 12 files )and you are using following code then you will get 12 partition.
r = sc.textFile("file://my/file/*") Not sure what you want to know about file system ,please check API doc. Regards, Vaquar khan On Jun 8, 2017 10:44 AM, "ayan guha" <guha.a...@gmail.com> wrote: Any one? On Thu, 8 Jun 2017 at 3:26 pm, ayan guha <guha.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Guys > > Quick one: How spark deals (ie create partitions) with large files sitting > on NFS, assuming the all executors can see the file exactly same way. > > ie, when I run > > r = sc.textFile("file://my/file") > > what happens if the file is on NFS? > > is there any difference from > > r = sc.textFile("hdfs://my/file") > > Are the input formats used same in both cases? > > > -- > Best Regards, > Ayan Guha > -- Best Regards, Ayan Guha