Accesing local filesystem without uploading to hdfs

Question

Is there anyway to specify the inputpath in Hadoop outside the HDFS, I am running a single node cluster and want to access files outside the HDFS, so is there any way to do this???

Answer 1

Yes. Just give the complete path of your file on the local FS. Don't forget to add "file://". To be on the safer side, don't add reference to the config file in your code, if you have done so.