How to access local files in Spark on Windows?

Question

I am using Spark on Windows. I know in *nix, accessing local file code likes this:

val textFile = sc.textFile("file:///usr/local/spark/README.md") 

But how can I access a local file on Windows? I have tried following methods:

val logFile = "C:\spark-1.3.1-bin-hadoop2.4\README.md"
val logFile = "file\\C:\spark-1.3.1-bin-hadoop2.4\README.md"

But all can't work.

Answer 1

Unfortunately in windows you have to escape "\".

Try:

"C:\\spark-1.3.1-bin-hadoop2.4\\README.md"