Move files to HDFS using Java

Question

How can I execute hadoop put files in hdfs using Java? That's possible?

Using this statement:

public abstract boolean rename(Path src, Path dst) throws IOException

?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should be able to use copyFromLocalFile:

Configuration conf = new Configuration();
FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
Path localPath = new Path("path/to/local/file");
Path hdfsPath = new Path("/path/in/hdfs");
fs.copyFromLocalFile(localPath, hdfsPath);